badly misread
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
To make a significant or serious error in understanding or interpreting something.
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- The politician badly misread the public mood, leading to a significant loss in the election.
- I think you've badly misread the situation; his intentions were entirely different.
- The company badly misread the market demand, resulting in excess inventory.
- She badly misread his silence as indifference, when in fact he was just deep in thought.
- If we badly misread these initial results, our entire project strategy could be flawed.
- He later admitted he had badly misread the signs of impending economic downturn.
- The negotiator badly misread the opponent's willingness to compromise.
- It's easy to badly misread subtle non-verbal cues in a foreign culture.
- Their initial assessment badly misread the true scale of the problem.
- The critics badly misread the artistic merits of the new play.