misinterpret
verb (used with or without object)
to interpret, explain, or understand incorrectly.
misinterpretable
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a word derived from
misinterpret.
Example Sentences
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I can as ill endure a suspicion and misinterpretable word as a fault.”
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne
I can as ill endure a suspicious and misinterpretable word as a fault; and of the grossest flatteries there is this good use, that they tell us what we should be.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
