misinterpret
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It may omit relevant information while summarizing, mix up who is speaking and misinterpret context—such as missing nonverbal cues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
It’s easy for students to misunderstand and misinterpret college award letters that specify the financial aid they will receive.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Did “Walter Bloomberg” merely misinterpret a Fox News clip?
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2025
"It was never my intention to misinterpret this deeply painful issue," he said in a statement.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
Mandarax had been known to garble or misinterpret quest instructions and cues, which could easily lead to fatal mistakes.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The court "misunderstands FIFRA's requirement, misinterprets the scope of FIFRA's preemption and ultimately leaves Durness without a remedy for the significant harms he has suffered."
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bentley introduced a detective who misinterprets the clues made available to the reader; his solution is proven wrong even though the same clues yield the correct answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The new research, Wen says, misinterprets these changes as caused by the core’s spin rather than to its fluctuating surface.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2023
“This study misinterprets the seismic signals that are caused by episodic changes of the Earth’s inner core surface,” Wen said in an email.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2023
Olly misinterprets my shiver and steps close to me to add his towel to my shoulders.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
Several Labor ministers have jumped to Albanese's defence, saying the former envoy and the media have misinterpreted his comments.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“It’s still an evolution, but iterations thanks to technology development are going so fast that it may be misinterpreted as a revolutionary approach,” said Gen. Michael Claesson, Sweden’s chief of defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
She later said the comments had been misinterpreted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
“In his zealous and highly scrutinized representation, Dershowitz made a spontaneous series of remarks before Congress that, he says, were misinterpreted by pundits,” Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee wrote for the 11th Circuit Court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as friendliness.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Ritholtz does exactly that, running through such surefire ways to wreck your wealth as ignoring taxes, paying excessive fees, misinterpreting data, overreacting to short-term trends, and trading too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Without accurate assessment tools, policymakers, developers and users risk misinterpreting what AI systems can actually do," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
On Friday he took to social media to criticize “the usual idiots misinterpreting a Post article on Mets payroll.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
As rambling as it can be, misinterpreting “Die My Love” as anything other than Lawrence’s is impossible.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
“Oh dear, I hope you’re not too offended,” the dog continued, misinterpreting my silence.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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