Misinterpreted
[,mɪsɪn'tɜ:prɪtid]
Examples
- He had misinterpreted the feelings which had kept her face averted, and her tongue motionless. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If _she_ had so misinterpreted his feelings, she had little right to wonder that _he_, with self-interest to blind him, should have mistaken hers. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Is it possible, Rachel, that he can have misinterpreted--or presumed upon--what you really said to him? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When we say that our eyes deceive us, we really confess that we have misinterpreted the data that our sight has furnished. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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