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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But it might have tried, just trying to be a good computer, as HAL thought he was, misinterpreting the format, executing it badly and, well, $1,500.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
In dissent, Gorsuch said the majority was misinterpreting the 1977 decision, known as Illinois Brick.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2019
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
Associate Justices Jim Kitchens and Leslie King, in separate dissents that were both joined by Chief Justice Bill Waller, wrote that Lamar was misinterpreting the law.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2016
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
