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
Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
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
Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
However, that’s a misreading of the First Amendment, which prohibits government restrictions on free speech and does not apply to private companies.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
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
But is Gemma misreading the signs?
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
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Another widespread misunderstanding is that parents can prevent all illness with hygiene, nutrition or supplements.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Sidney-Levi side of the proceedings is less interesting but more dominant, demonstrating a strange misunderstanding of the show’s appeal.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Misreading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreading. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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