misread as

Frequency: 7.511.2 per million words

Used to indicate the incorrect thing something was mistaken for.

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Examples (10)

  • I misread the sign as "Stop" instead of "Shop".
  • She misread his hesitation as disagreement, but he was just thinking.
  • The analyst misread the slight dip in sales as a major crisis.
  • Many people misread her shyness as arrogance.
  • He frequently misreads sarcasm as a serious comment.
  • Don't misread my kindness as weakness.
  • The system misread the barcode as a different product number.
  • I must have misread the time as 7 PM, not 7 AM.
  • Historians sometimes misread ancient texts as literal accounts rather than metaphors.
  • She carefully checked to ensure she didn't misread the complex instructions as something simpler.