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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Nissan misread demand for hybrids in the United States, CEO Makoto Uchida told a news conference.
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Daniel Leussink, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
Many reviewers misread the family-life contrast of gang rival Louis (Mathieu Perotto) and his dying father, missing the poignant irony of isolates at odds with each other.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
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—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
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Daniel Leussink, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
Many reviewers misread the family-life contrast of gang rival Louis (Mathieu Perotto) and his dying father, missing the poignant irony of isolates at odds with each other.
—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
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“Misread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misread. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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