misread
verb (used with or without object)
to read wrongly.
are misreading
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present progressiveof misread.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Stone-Manning said critics are misreading the rule, and that conservation leases would not usurp existing ones.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2023
Blumenfeld says critics are misreading the new agreement as one that would weaken the cleanup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, a Florida public records advocacy group, said the defense attorneys are misreading the law.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2019
The problem isn’t that investors are misreading the jobs report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2015
Ms. Auerbach said that those complaining are misreading her work: “They missed the point.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2013
