misread

[mis-reed]

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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.

Origin of misread

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

Related formsmis·read·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for misread

Contemporary Examples

The person who had phoned the Halls had, quite simply, misread the results.
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Elizabeth Picciuto
August 17, 2014
A technician made a simple, life-changing mistake and misread the test tubes.
Womb Service: Italy’s Baby-Making Troubles
Barbie Latza Nadeau
April 15, 2014
Nor is the stubborn, shrewd prime minsiter known to capitulate easily, or to misread public sentiment.
Why Did Netanyahu Release Palestinian Prisoners?
Abraham Katsman
August 6, 2013
Palestinians often misread Israeli Jews and the broader Jewish community, and vice versa.
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Emily L. Hauser
February 15, 2013
Of course, the dividend payers in 2010 misread the situation in Washington.
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Matthew Zeitlin
November 28, 2012

Historical Examples

Misreading is all that we are equal to, but it is something to be able to misread.
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King
She glanced into Hugh's face, and misread what she saw there.
A Son of Hagar
Sir Hall Caine
At once he perceived how she had misread the scene she had witnessed.
The Sea-Hawk
Raphael Sabatini
He asked because the skipper's face of wonderment was not to be misread.
The Wild Geese
Stanley John Weyman
A scribe must have misread the figure 81, which appears in other documents, into 87.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period
Various

British Dictionary definitions for misread

misread

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

to read incorrectly
to misinterpret

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Word Origin and History for misread

v.

1809, from mis- (1) + read (v.). Related: Misreading.

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Examples from the Web for misread

Contemporary Examples

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

Misreading is all that we are equal to, but it is something to be able to misread.

She glanced into Hugh's face, and misread what she saw there.

At once he perceived how she had misread the scene she had witnessed.

He asked because the skipper's face of wonderment was not to be misread.

A scribe must have misread the figure 81, which appears in other documents, into 87.

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Word Origin and History for misread

v.

Origin of misread