as in to misunderstand
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I misread her body language and thought she was becoming confrontational
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Recent Examples of misread
For Holmes and many Angelenos, the arrival of Noma feels like an outsider misreading the room.
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Brock Keeling, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Share the plan in writing so no one misreads it.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
Advocates say they are often baked in at the earliest moments of a case, when trauma is misread, documentation never forms, and charging decisions are made before courts ever see the full context.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Jan. 2026
That outcome is often misread in Washington as a loss.
—Diego Marroquin Bitar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
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Brock Keeling, Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Share the plan in writing so no one misreads it.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
Advocates say they are often baked in at the earliest moments of a case, when trauma is misread, documentation never forms, and charging decisions are made before courts ever see the full context.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Jan. 2026
That outcome is often misread in Washington as a loss.
—Diego Marroquin Bitar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misread
misunderstand
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Having built multibillion-dollar companies, often at a young age, their self-confidence frequently leads them to underestimate the complexities of public policy, to misunderstand public opinion, and to overestimate their ability to push large changes through quickly.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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Still, women misunderstand symptoms, feel uncertain, and face an identity shift, according to a survey exclusively obtained by Flow Space.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Misread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misread. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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