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# misstatement

«misstatement» in Mova's school dictionary: **wrong or not exact, often by accident** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a misstatement, misstatements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A statement that is wrong or not exact, often by accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#m1)

2) (formal) A false figure or claim in an official report or accounts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A careful, formal word: news and reports use it for a wrong fact, often more polite than «lie». In maths and money lessons, a misstatement is a wrong number in a report. Phrases: a misstatement of the facts, correct a misstatement.

### examples

- The coach admitted his misstatement about the score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#x1)
- There was a misstatement in the newspaper, and they printed a correction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#x2)
- A misstatement of the price confused the shoppers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#x3)
- The report had a misstatement: it said 50 pupils, not 15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#x4)
- Please check your notes for any misstatement before you present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#x5)
- The minister said it was a misstatement, not a lie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/#x6)

### note

Spelled with double s: mis + statement. Countable. Verb: misstate. Softer than «lie»: a misstatement may be an honest mistake. In a maths problem a misstatement means the number given is wrong and must be corrected.

### In the corpora

- [A "misstatement" is an official word for a lie or false claim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misstatement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.