[ noun ] a statement that contains a mistake <noun.communication>
Misstatement \Mis*state"ment\, n. An incorrect statement.
Caught in the misstatement, Baker apologized and said he was simply trying to support the president's secret diplomacy.
"This apparently intentional misstatement raises serious questions as to juror bias and impartiality, and suggests that defendant was deprived of his right to exercise peremptory and causal challenges in an informed manner," North's lawyers said.