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
Teresa Moore, the board’s general counsel, said the state is misreading the funding law and should be looking at the original $42 million as an annual requirement, not a one-time expense.
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
According to the Post, HUD staffers found that the AI misread the law in a number of cases.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Von Braun and his colleagues had badly misread the room.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
Perhaps someone in your friend group feels left out or misreads a group dynamic.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
According to the Post, HUD staffers found that the AI misread the law in a number of cases.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Von Braun and his colleagues had badly misread the room.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
Perhaps someone in your friend group feels left out or misreads a group dynamic.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misread
misunderstand
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To imagine that demand can outpace supply is to misunderstand how people demand in the first place.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Misread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misread. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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