miscomment
A comment that is untrue.
Noun
- A comment that is untrue.
- MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived. - 1824, S H. Jackson, The Jew:
- Did reversible error occur as a result of prosecutorial miscomment during closing argument? - 1974, North western reporter:
- He said not to worry, that things were well in hand, and it was probably a miscomment. - 1987, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, "Live Sighting" Reports of Americans Listed as Missing in...
Origin
From mis- + comment.
Forms
Verb
- To comment in error.
- Nicon answered : “All these writings are no better than old-wives' stories; for there are adduced here spurious canons, most vilely misunderstood and misinterpreted or miscommented upon. - 1876, William Palmer, The...
- In view of this and also of the fact that the real state of affairs is often deliberately misrepresented and miscommented on in various quarters, we take the liberty to outline conditions in the Polish oil industry, and...
- We say in esoterically knowing tones 'That is a very difficult question', or we proceed to explain that nobody could possibly understand what philosophy is without having studied it, or we discourse on the...