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misreading

[ UK /mɪsɹˈiːdɪŋ/ ]
[ US /mɪsˈɹidɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading

How To Use misreading In A Sentence

  • Misreading signals can be disastrous in these situations.
  • I just let my misreading of the title steer me in the wrong direction. Anatomy Of A False Rape Accusation Comment - Part 4
  • The buildup has continued, and any misreading of signal - it could be a flash point that could set this thing off - and the consequences are really, they're incalculable.
  • The dictionaries are clear that 'toothcomb', although a misreading of the original, is now fully accepted in modern usage. Times, Sunday Times
  • But this looked more and more like a misreading of the situation. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
  • Lemon and Reis's awful "artfulness" may be due to their misreading "деланье" as Sher thinks they misread it, or it may be due to their completely missing the meaning of the clause and substituting something bland and kind-of plausible. Languagehat.com: TRANSLATING SHKLOVSKY.
  • Have you been misreading the signs all along or unwittingly offended her in some way that meant you didn't make the cut? Times, Sunday Times
  • It's only a matter of time before she goes and spoils it all with an act of self-destructive petulance or a complete misreading of a perfectly innocent situation.
  • The users were also responsible for some of these errors, e.g. by misreading the item in the text, especially in cases of English confusables.
  • Generously, one can conclude that this wrong approach is responsible for: misguided references to so-called centralisation of power in the state Presidency (when COSATU has called for a stronger Presidency to ensure implementation of AsgiSA), a misreading of the ANC constitution about the roles of the President and the Secretary-General and, to some extent, a presumed orchestrated marginalisation of Parliament. MANAGING NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION
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