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misinterpretations

NOUN

misunderstanding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

misconception misjudgment

STRONG

confusion delusion error misapprehension misconstruction misreckoning mistake mix-up

WEAK

confounding false impression

Antonyms

STRONG

accuracy certainty correction truth understanding

Example Sentences

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Part of what makes Callais so devastating is the way it builds on previous horrendous misinterpretations.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

This can lead to issues such as hallucinations or misinterpretations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

The data that drive the translations filters languages through an English perspective, “which could result in misinterpretations of the other language,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

There are misinterpretations of intent and then it keeps escalating.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

Wiener has proposed, on intuitive grounds, that defects and misinterpretations in such a communication system may be an unexplored territory for psychiatry.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas