misinterpretation
misinterpretation
nounDefinition of MISINTERPRETATION
a failure to understand correctly <his misinterpretation of the ambiguously worded instructions was hardly his fault>
Synonyms incomprehension, misapprehension, misconstruction, misconstruing, misimpression, misinterpretation, misknowledge, misreading
Near Antonyms appreciation, apprehension, comprehension, conception, grasp, grokking, knowledge, perception, prehension, understanding; awareness, consciousness, realization
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