🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गलत बयानी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: galat bayani

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Misstatement/ˈmɪsˌsteɪt.mənt/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उनके भाषण में एक महत्वपूर्ण गलत बयानी थी।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A false, incorrect, or misleading statement.

    "The politician's speech contained a significant misstatement regarding the economic growth figures."
  2. 2

    The act of stating something incorrectly or inaccurately.

    "The lawyer immediately objected to the prosecutor's misstatement of the witness's testimony."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English by combining the prefix 'mis-' (denoting badly, wrongly, or adversely) with the noun 'statement' (derived from the verb 'state', from Old French 'ester', ultimately from Latin 'stare', to stand). First recorded in the mid-17th century, the term evolved to specifically describe a statement that is false, misleading, or inaccurately formulated.

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