interpret wrongly
Frequency: 7.512.3 per million words
To understand or explain the meaning of something in an incorrect way.
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Examples (10)
- He tends to interpret her silence wrongly as disinterest.
- The jury wrongly interpreted his hesitation as guilt.
- Don't interpret my kindness wrongly; I'm just being polite.
- Her intentions were often wrongly interpreted by her colleagues.
- If you interpret the data wrongly, your conclusions will be flawed.
- The report could be wrongly interpreted by the public if not clarified.
- Many people interpret his reserved nature wrongly as arrogance.
- It's easy to interpret cultural nuances wrongly without sufficient background.
- She felt her words had been deliberately interpreted wrongly by the media.
- We must be careful not to interpret historical events wrongly based on modern values.