misinterpret
verb (used with or without object)
to interpret, explain, or understand incorrectly.
was misinterpreting
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past progressiveof misinterpret.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Simpson was misinterpreting life expectancy statistics and their bearing on Social Security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
The coach also brought in collegiate gymnasts, Boyce said, who suggested she was misinterpreting a procedure Nassar performed on nerve endings in the pelvic area.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2018
After he finished his testimony, Strickland said Cruz was misinterpreting the law.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
Fallin wrote in July that the board was misinterpreting state law on crimes that require convicts serve 85 percent of their sentence.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2015
I imagine that she hoped against hope that she was misinterpreting what she heard, and also that a kind of terror seized her which she found it really impossible to shake off.
From None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson
