as in misunderstands
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I misread her body language and thought she was becoming confrontational
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Recent Examples of misreads
Share the plan in writing so no one misreads it.
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
The big risk as things stand is that an adversary misreads his mixed signals, oversteps, and triggers an escalation nobody wants.
—Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
After an incomplete pass, Jackson misreads the defense on third down and throws another interception.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 28 Oct. 2025
This is the critic who seems especially hard to please, who misreads the argument, or demands rewrites that would reshape the entire project.
—Joshua Winowiecki, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
The big risk as things stand is that an adversary misreads his mixed signals, oversteps, and triggers an escalation nobody wants.
—Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
After an incomplete pass, Jackson misreads the defense on third down and throws another interception.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 28 Oct. 2025
This is the critic who seems especially hard to please, who misreads the argument, or demands rewrites that would reshape the entire project.
—Joshua Winowiecki, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreads
misunderstands
Verb
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This fundamentally misunderstands physical infrastructure.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Offshore planning that relies primarily on obscurity misunderstands how transparent global finance has become.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Misreads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreads. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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