misinterpret
verb (used with or without object)
to interpret, explain, or understand incorrectly.
had misinterpreted
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past perfectof misinterpret.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But Moses said officials from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality had misinterpreted the law.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
After making the Huwara comments, Smotrich issued a statement saying the media had misinterpreted them, without retracting his call for the village to be erased.
From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2023
Coroner Samantha Marsh said colleagues had "misinterpreted" her symptoms.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2022
She said others had misinterpreted her statements about what Theranos’s technology could do.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
As I read Bernal’s paper, however, I suddenly became enthusiastic about Schramm, for, if he had misinterpreted his data, by accident he had hit upon the right answer.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
