misread
verb (used with or without object)
to read wrongly.
have misread
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present perfectof misread.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The $73 fine is all too familiar for those who have misread the signs or forgotten to move their car before parking enforcement rolls by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
However, the tourists do seem to have misread the pitch.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
But Uniqlo may have misread the market by swearing off discounting.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2022
I think I must have misread that because I thought you said her name was Yaddle, which can’t possibly be correct.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019
Men have misread the words, and said, See, the religion of Jesus is quite unworldly, has nothing to do with the institutions and arrangements of human life.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
