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
Her mother had misread something about the Property Brothers on the internet and was insisting that they were being persecuted for being Christian.
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Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Clearly the Red Sox misread things here, but with Devers the situation is a little more complicated.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
Miami Marlins first baseman Matt Mervis misread a throw from shortstop Xavier Edwards during the top of the fifth inning in the team's 6-1 loss to the Athletics on Friday and paid dearly for it.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Within the museum, beauty can be misread and reverence does not always mean recognition.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
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Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Clearly the Red Sox misread things here, but with Devers the situation is a little more complicated.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
Miami Marlins first baseman Matt Mervis misread a throw from shortstop Xavier Edwards during the top of the fifth inning in the team's 6-1 loss to the Athletics on Friday and paid dearly for it.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Within the museum, beauty can be misread and reverence does not always mean recognition.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misread
misunderstand
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The driver misunderstood the instruction and entered the fast lane before the re-start time was officially confirmed in breach of the Race Director's event notes.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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That's extremely common among these cases, said University of Idaho law professor Benji Cover, who wrote a paper about people, including noncitizens, misunderstanding election rules and being prosecuted in recent decades.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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“Misread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misread. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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