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misinterpret

[mis-in-tur-prit] / ˌmɪs ɪnˈtɜr prɪt /




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But some users find that much like the models they’re built on—which can hallucinate, misinterpret or even commit spontaneous acts of cybercrime—their assistants, too, can behave unpredictably.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Derakhshan advises not to focus in on people's faces when presenting, as we can misinterpret their reactions.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Don’t misinterpret Macdonald and his team’s “we don’t care” mantra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

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

So much comes into my head at night when I’m alone, or during the day when I’m obliged to put up with people I can’t abide or who invariably misinterpret my intentions.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

A superintelligent AI system that ignores human goals or misinterprets commands could, naysayers say, scramble people’s bank accounts, disrupt essential water and power supplies, or take over missile-launch systems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

“We’re alone,” she tells someone who misinterprets her faith as something to ward off loneliness.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024

I put out my hand to get a slap from him, but he misinterprets that as a handshake attempt, so I take the initiative and turn it into a hug, a big smelly one.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

There is also no way yet to determine whether the corals seen in the 1960s really were dead and later recovered, or whether the original survey simply misinterpreted what was there.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

That business in the note about “misleading and perverting the young” had been badly misunderstood and misinterpreted.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

However, California State Parks said that plaintiffs’ attorneys are misinterpreting that passage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

But in recent times teachers have been expressing growing concerns about some local authorities and schools misinterpreting the nurture principles by removing all or any consequences.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025

The school counselor told me this was part of the ADHD, my brain misinterpreting things.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan


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