as in misunderstanding
a failure to understand correctly
your misreading of the definition of the word is what got you into trouble
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as in missing
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 misreading
Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Call it a valiant, optimistic, perhaps even a calamitous misreading.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
In Washington, Captain Olivia Walker (Rebecca Ferguson), gets his report and responds with concern but not alarm—the belief, at the beginning, is that somehow this is a misreading or a mistake.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
James' lawyer has said that accusation was a lie based on a purposeful misreading of documents in a lawful real estate transaction.
—Eric Tucker, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2024
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The interference has included both jamming—overpowering communications with strong radio signals—and spoofing, which tricks receivers into misreading their location or even the time.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Trump’s misreading of Russia has cost Ukraine.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Call it a valiant, optimistic, perhaps even a calamitous misreading.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
In Washington, Captain Olivia Walker (Rebecca Ferguson), gets his report and responds with concern but not alarm—the belief, at the beginning, is that somehow this is a misreading or a mistake.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
James' lawyer has said that accusation was a lie based on a purposeful misreading of documents in a lawful real estate transaction.
—Eric Tucker, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2024
Verb
Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and a vocal Kennedy critic, said Trump might be misreading the MAHA appeal in trying to appease his base.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The interference has included both jamming—overpowering communications with strong radio signals—and spoofing, which tricks receivers into misreading their location or even the time.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreading
misunderstanding
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But it’s based on a misunderstanding of how contraceptives work.—
Mimi Zieman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Some notarios capitalize on that complexity — and immigrants’ misunderstanding of America’s legal regulations — by marketing immigration services that they are not allowed to offer in this country, interviews and court records show.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Misreading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreading. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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