- present participle of misstate.
misstating
Example Sentences
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An AI double with a supervisory role could create legal headaches by misstating employment rules, for instance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“Santander’s decision to broadly market its new stated-income policy, even to dealers with a history of misstating income, led to a significant spike in the number of early payment defaults.”
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
That report was widely criticized for misattribution and misstating the conclusions of the studies it cited.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
In the courtroom, government lawyers actually told Judge Howell that these officials “don’t necessarily understand” legal “terms of art” like reasonable suspicion and probable cause and that they were just misstating the policy.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2025
Who is to check me if I am misstating the evidence if he does not?
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Richard Harris
