misstatement

Other forms: misstatements

Definitions of misstatement
  1. noun
    a statement that contains a mistake
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    error, mistake
    part of a statement that is not correct
    malaprop, malapropism
    the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
    slip of the tongue
    an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking
    corrigendum
    a printer's error; to be corrected
    erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error
    a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
    spoonerism
    transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
    type of:
    statement
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
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