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What (who) is misstate - definition
misstate
(misstates, misstating, misstated)
If you misstate something, you state it incorrectly or give false information about it. (mainly AM)
Look at the false police reports that omitted or misstated crucial facts...
The amount was misstated in the table because of an error by regulators.
VERB: V n, be V-ed
Misstate
·vt To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate.
misstate
¦ verb make wrong or inaccurate statements about.
Derivatives
misstatement noun
Examples of use of misstate
1. He will plead guilty to one count of conspiring with others to misstate AIG‘s books.
2. Bill Richardson revised his statement about how jet lag led him to misstate his position on whether people are born gay or choose to be gay.
3. Berkshire, based in Omaha, Nebraska, also said the governmental authorities were questioning whether General Re or its subsidiaries "conspired with others" to misstate financial statements.
4. By Jonathan Stempel Reuters NEW YORK –– Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway, whose General Re unit has been investigated over its role in helping insurer American International Group misstate results, said governmental authorities were inquiring about some of its own accounting.
5. "Well, let me tell you something: President Barack Obama will follow him to where he lives and then send him to hell." Biden‘s latest ad–lib drew laughter and cheers from the crowd, but there has been a downside to the Democratic vice presidential nominee‘s freewheeling style: a string of comments that either don‘t reflect campaign positions or misstate basic facts.