Definitions for misstate

misstate mis·state

Spelling: [mis-steyt]
IPA: /mɪsˈsteɪt/

Misstate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in misstate (aeimsstt).

Definitions for misstate

verb (used with object)

  1. to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.

Origin of misstate

First recorded in 1640-50; mis-1 + state

Examples for misstate

In doing which, he begged to be corrected if he should misstate any thing.

I don't want to misstate anything, and I don't want to exaggerate anything, but will tell you the plain facts.

I am confident that her sister Esther will not misstate them.

“Pardon the suggestion that you misstate the case,” he said, softly.

Don Christopher can have no motive to misstate, even were he capable of the meanness.

When you tell us that every ounce of the feeding stuffs used at Auchness was raised on British soil, you forget and misstate.

To misstate such business troubles is skating on the thin ice of libel, and newspapers are careful.

They argue, wheedle, misstate, and finally convince the legislator that the measure is absurd.

Word Value for misstate
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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