misread
ˌmis-ˈred 
; misreading
ˌmis-ˈrē-diŋ
; misreading
ˌmis-ˈrē-diŋ
1
: to read incorrectly
2
: to misinterpret in or as if in reading
totally misread the lesson of history—
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Examples of misread in a Sentence
I guess I misread the instructions.
They have misread the lessons of the past.
Politicians may have misread the mood of the public.
I badly misread the situation.
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Armond White, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
But that assessment misread the Netanyahu-Trump dynamic.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Anthropomorphism can sometimes misread what animals are actually going through, Barash warns.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
The audience always seems to want more, more, more and too often studios misread that as better, better, better.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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misread
verb
mis·read
(ˈ)mis-ˈrēd
1
: to read incorrectly
2
: to misinterpret in or as if in reading
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