0 present participle of misinterpret
1 to form an understanding that is not correct of something that is said or done:
When we re-examined the regulations, we realized that we had misinterpreted them.
I am not misinterpreting his motives, but asking for information.
They had ample opportunity to say that they or their legal advisers thought that we were misinterpreting article 85.
It is not only inconvenient but it is dangerous at times, because of the risk of missing some cross-reference and, perhaps, misinterpreting the law.
At the higher end we are talking about misinterpreting the rules of engagement, with the tragic results of which we are all aware.
With repeated victimization, such schemas may develop into social-cognitive biases that result in misinterpreting ambiguous interpersonal situations as potentially threatening and attributing hostile intent to others.
On misinterpreting the 'phylogenetic correction'.
In comparative psychology and ethology, misinterpreting a behavior as homologous is avoided by examining phylogeny, carefully testing adaptation, and by closely exploring the underlying mechanisms controlling a behavior.
Thus, there may be both direct and indirect effects of misinterpreting others' emotions, in terms of the potential evocation and experience of inappropriate emotions and possible social missteps.
