misinterpret
verb
mis·in·ter·pret
ˌmi-sᵊn-ˈtər-prət 
-pət
misinterpreted; misinterpreting; misinterprets
1
: to explain wrongly
His comment on the speech misinterprets the speaker's meaning.
2
: to understand wrongly
Her silence should not be misinterpreted as consent.
Synonyms
Examples of misinterpret in a Sentence
He claims that his statements have been misinterpreted by the media.
Her silence should not be misinterpreted as consent.
Recent Examples on the Web
What The Question Is Not Don’t misinterpret the question.
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Nona Djavid, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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—Soeren Mattke, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The path culminates in the National Monument to Freedom, which is grandly literal, impossible to misinterpret.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
In the immediate aftermath on Oscar night, social media users took aim at Glazer’s words, misinterpreting his statement as refuting Jewishness itself, rather than the hijacking of Jewishness.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
But experts say that these individual anecdotes are being purposefully misinterpreted — the benign liver tumors the first patient developed are known to be a rare side effect linked to birth control use.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Mar. 2024
But in a technical white paper, Anthropic identified two of Claude 3's key weaknesses: hallucinations, which tend to occur when the models misinterpret visual data (such as what an image portrays), and failing to acknowledge when an image is harmful.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
The study also suggested that a cat’s meows and other vocalizations are greatly misinterpreted and that people should consider both vocal and visual cues to try to determine what’s going on with their pets.
—Anthony Ham, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Large language models can misinterpret input or even fabricate inaccurate responses, an effect called hallucination.
—Carla K. Johnson, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Nona Djavid, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
While distinct, symptoms are subtle and their slow progression means that they can be overlooked or misinterpreted as normal aging.
—Soeren Mattke, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The path culminates in the National Monument to Freedom, which is grandly literal, impossible to misinterpret.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
In the immediate aftermath on Oscar night, social media users took aim at Glazer’s words, misinterpreting his statement as refuting Jewishness itself, rather than the hijacking of Jewishness.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
But experts say that these individual anecdotes are being purposefully misinterpreted — the benign liver tumors the first patient developed are known to be a rare side effect linked to birth control use.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Mar. 2024
But in a technical white paper, Anthropic identified two of Claude 3's key weaknesses: hallucinations, which tend to occur when the models misinterpret visual data (such as what an image portrays), and failing to acknowledge when an image is harmful.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
The study also suggested that a cat’s meows and other vocalizations are greatly misinterpreted and that people should consider both vocal and visual cues to try to determine what’s going on with their pets.
—Anthony Ham, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Large language models can misinterpret input or even fabricate inaccurate responses, an effect called hallucination.
—Carla K. Johnson, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Misinterpret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misinterpret. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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