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
Absolutely stunning to see a high-ranking executive misread their own business like this.
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Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Jean’s mama saw through the ruse but misread it.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Some readers may bristle at her honesty, misread her motives, or choose to sit in judgment.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Older coworkers often misread those priorities as lower effort.
—Jennifer Moss, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Jean’s mama saw through the ruse but misread it.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Some readers may bristle at her honesty, misread her motives, or choose to sit in judgment.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Older coworkers often misread those priorities as lower effort.
—Jennifer Moss, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misread
misunderstand
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Lambert said that misunderstanding the limits of local authority likely fueled the online reaction.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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But to argue that any of this research adds up to a substantial account of intelligence misunderstands the nature of such human traits and what can be expected from scientific explanations of them.—
Eric Turkheimer,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Misread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misread. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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