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
Decades later, these could be misread as badges of effortless cool, an archive of one’s subcultural bona fides.
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Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Some were never tested, some were tested too early, and others had results that were misread or never communicated.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
For example, radar locks of this kind could lead to pilots misreading the situation and firing by mistake.
—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
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Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Some were never tested, some were tested too early, and others had results that were misread or never communicated.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
For example, radar locks of this kind could lead to pilots misreading the situation and firing by mistake.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misread
misunderstand
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People keep either misunderstanding or forgetting that there are not one but two revolutions going on here, the second being accelerated computing.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Jan. 2026
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But people also misunderstand sharia and how it is applied, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Misread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misread. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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