misread

[ mis-reed ]

/ mɪsˈrid /

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verb (used with or without object), mis·read [mis-red] /mɪsˈrɛd/, mis·read·ing [mis-ree-ding] /mɪsˈri dɪŋ/.

to read wrongly.

to misunderstand or misinterpret.

Nearby words

misproud, mispunctuate, misquotation, misquote, misr, misread, misreckon, misredemption, misremember, misreport, misrepresent

Origin of misread

First recorded in 1800–10; mis-¹ + read¹

Related forms

mis·read·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for misread

The person who had phoned the Halls had, quite simply, misread the results.
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A technician made a simple, life-changing mistake and misread the test tubes.
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Nor is the stubborn, shrewd prime minsiter known to capitulate easily, or to misread public sentiment.
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Of course, the dividend payers in 2010 misread the situation in Washington.
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Suddenly seeing things through their eyes allows us to understand how we misread others.
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Philip did not say anything, but Susan did not misread the look in his tired eyes.
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This was obviously ironical, but it was irony that might easily be misread.
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Those who attempt to explain his early concern with the West as purely altruistic must misread his numerous letters and diaries.
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He misread words and letters of the MS., although he had two transcripts.
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I wonder if you misread him so utterly as to believe that he thought himself something of a prize?
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British Dictionary definitions for misread

misread

/ (ˌmɪsˈriːd) /

verb -reads, -reading or -read (-ˈrɛd) (tr)

to read incorrectly

to misinterpret

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