misread
Origin of misread
Related Words for misread
confuse, misjudge, misinterpret, misconstrue, miscalculate, misconceive, confound, misapply, fail, miss, misapprehend, mistake, misreckon, misknowExamples from the Web for misread
Contemporary Examples of misread
The person who had phoned the Halls had, quite simply, misread the results.
A technician made a simple, life-changing mistake and misread the test tubes.
Nor is the stubborn, shrewd prime minsiter known to capitulate easily, or to misread public sentiment.
Palestinians often misread Israeli Jews and the broader Jewish community, and vice versa.
Of course, the dividend payers in 2010 misread the situation in Washington.
Historical Examples of misread
Misreading is all that we are equal to, but it is something to be able to misread.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
She glanced into Hugh's face, and misread what she saw there.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
At once he perceived how she had misread the scene she had witnessed.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
He asked because the skipper's face of wonderment was not to be misread.
The Wild GeeseStanley John Weyman
A scribe must have misread the figure 81, which appears in other documents, into 87.