misread
ˌmis-ˈred 
; misreading
ˌmis-ˈrē-diŋ
; misreading
ˌmis-ˈrē-diŋ
1
: to read incorrectly
2
: to misinterpret in or as if in reading
… totally misread the lesson of history …—
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I guess I misread the instructions.
They have misread the lessons of the past.
Politicians may have misread the mood of the public.
I badly misread the situation.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
Refugees, asylees, and other immigrants who obtained legal status should not lose access to SNAP benefits because the federal government misread its own laws.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
The billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates warned in a CNBC interview Thursday that investors are misreading the underlying mechanics of today’s rally, even as AI giants like Nvidia insist the boom is nowhere near finished.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2025
Interviewees expressed deep concern about how these tools might misread an employee’s mood, tone or verbal queues due to ethnic, gender and other kinds of bias that AI systems carry.
—Fares Ahmad, The Conversation, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Misread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misread. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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misread
verb
mis·read
(ˈ)mis-ˈrēd
1
: to read incorrectly
2
: to misinterpret in or as if in reading
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