misinterpret
verb (used with or without object)
to interpret, explain, or understand incorrectly.
misinterpreted
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past participleof misinterpret.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof misinterpret.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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He subsequently said his comments had been misinterpreted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Taking multiple medications increases the opportunity for a side effect to be misinterpreted as a separate diagnosis.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
“It’s still an evolution, but iterations thanks to technology development are going so fast that it may be misinterpreted as a revolutionary approach,” said Gen. Michael Claesson, Sweden’s chief of defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
She later said the comments had been misinterpreted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
She denounced it as a “hodgepodge of plagiarism pulled from here, a bit from there, the whole misinterpreted and sensationalized to give color to the red-flag word SPIES.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
