misread

[ mis-reed ]

verb (used with or without object)

misread [mis-, red],misreading [mis-, ree, -ding].

1. to read wrongly.
2. to misunderstand or misinterpret.

misread

/ ˌmɪsˈriːd /

verb

1. to read incorrectly
2. to misinterpret

Other Words From

• mis·reader noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of misread¹

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

Example Sentences

“I think this interpretation that we’re seeing here is tortured and seems to go out of the way to willfully misread what is a pretty straightforward, innocent statement,” Schaffner said.

From Washington Post

Bardsley misread the flight of the ball, coming off her line but failing to punch it away.

From Washington Post

We were surprised, declined, and then privately rolled our eyes at how we’d been misread.

From Time

You can also call the police yourself, but be aware that they can misread the situation and cause even more harm themselves.

From Popular-Science

If you receive a rude email, pick up the phone and let the sender’s tone of voice tell you if you were misreading it.

From Washington Post

The person who had phoned the Halls had, quite simply, misread the results.

From The Daily Beast

When a health-care worker misread test results, it left the Halls with a daughter with a rare genetic syndrome.

From The Daily Beast

A technician made a simple, life-changing mistake and misread the test tubes.

From The Daily Beast

Nor is the stubborn, shrewd prime minsiter known to capitulate easily, or to misread public sentiment.

From The Daily Beast

But to a large degree, the debt doomsayers misread the data.

From The Daily Beast

If this were a type and instance of hopeless love he had certainly misread all the songs and sayings.

From Project Gutenberg

He misread words and letters of the MS., although he had two transcripts.

From Project Gutenberg

She had a way of yielding so quickly, when it was right and best, very flattering to a man in love and easily misread.

From Project Gutenberg

The crown of life had been attained, the vague yearnings, the misread impulses, had found accomplishment at last.

From Project Gutenberg

To suppose, as some hasty moralisers have done, that Charles cared for nothing but his women is to misread his character.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• confuse
• miscalculate
• misconstrue
• misinterpret
• misjudge