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.
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.
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White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement Friday that the 1st Circuit was misinterpreting the 14th Amendment.
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Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
Is Rummenigge speaking in a way that can be misinterpreted and taken offence to?
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
For one, Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT, like many generative AI tools, are subject to inaccuracies and can frequently overlook and/or misinterpret critical information.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Clever Hans, a German horse in the early 1900s, seemed able to do math—but was really responding to his trainer’s subtle cues, a classic case of misinterpreting performance.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
Is Rummenigge speaking in a way that can be misinterpreted and taken offence to?
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
For one, Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT, like many generative AI tools, are subject to inaccuracies and can frequently overlook and/or misinterpret critical information.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Clever Hans, a German horse in the early 1900s, seemed able to do math—but was really responding to his trainer’s subtle cues, a classic case of misinterpreting performance.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for misinterpret
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“Misinterpret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misinterpret. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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