0 the act of expressing a fact that is not correct, or an example of this:
1 the act of stating something that is false or not accurate:
She corrected a few misstatements she made in her testimony.
a deliberate misstatement of the facts
To say that the state has done little to help these families is a gross misstatement and is simply not true.
Even experienced contenders can make puzzling misstatements during presidential debates.
The book contains some extremely damaging misstatements of fact.
It will take a patient reader to follow the story line and a cautious one to separate fact from anecdote, opinion, or simple misstatements.
Finally, a number of editors' notes appear in the endnotes to correct some of the author's misstatements or to identify alternative positions that have been taken.
I wish to take this opportunity of correcting several misstatements, misunderstandings, and mischievous statements in regard to this matter.
That we should prevent misstatements of facts which are prejudicial and injurious to our cause is a thing about which nobody will dispute.
That, perhaps will go down in history as the classic misstatement or understatement of that time.
