misread Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb read or interpret wrongly
    • He misread the data
  2. verb interpret wrongly
    misinterpret.
    • I misread Hamlet all my life!

WordNet


Mis*read" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Misread ; present participle & verbal noun Misreading
Definitions
  1. To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.

Webster 1913