to misinterpret
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4.2
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈɪntərprɪt/
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malinterpretar
- I often worry that people will misinterpret my intentions when I speak too bluntly.
- the danger of misinterpreting
- readers who misinterpret
- misinterpret actions
We misunderstand and misinterpret our role in relationships.
- We misunderstand and misinterpret our role in relationships.
- And the brain is also capable of misinterpreting signals from the body.
- They said you're completely misinterpreting the science here.
- So we like to self destruct because we are misinterpreting the moment, right?
- This was a tradition that was misinterpreted.
- And I think people sometimes like misinterpret like quantity for productivity versus like value.
- They take up things from studies willfully or from ignorance, misinterpret findings and tell narratives around that.
- Well, so in Harvard's defence, what, what gets them riled up is when I get misinterpreted by mainstream media.
- And I was trying to have some fun with that and how that gets misinterpreted.
- It's my job to tell you what that data means and be clear about what it doesn't mean so you can't misinterpret it.
- You know, AI might misinterpret your instructions to include killing the person who creates a spam.
Examples
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I don't understand how anyone could misinterpret Paul's words in Romans about the Jewish people.
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I think people might misinterpret what you mean by "trick or treat."
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It's a little hard to misinterpret that.
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Did I misinterpret it all?
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A lot of kids misinterpret joking around as aggression.
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Michael continued to misinterpret Professor Smith's feedback after meeting with him during office hours.
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Could Houston be misinterpreting the data?
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I don't want people to misinterpret what you're saying.
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Do not misinterpret me.
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Without a comprehensive framework for understanding giftedness, parents might be more prone to misinterpret some of their children's behavior.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
56
3.4
To understand words or actions in the wrong way
53
1.8
To think something is true when it is not
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7.7
To understand what someone says or does in the wrong way
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7.5
To understand something in the wrong way
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7.7
To understand something in the wrong way
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8.2
To understand something wrongly
To understand something in the wrong way
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Etymology
Misinterpret combines mis- ('wrong') and interpret ('explain' or 'translate'), so it literally means to 'explain wrongly'. Imagine an interpreter who gives the wrong meaning, and you have a clear picture of how someone can misinterpret words or actions.