Associations to the word «Misinterpret»

Wiktionary

MISINTERPRET, verb. To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.

Dictionary definition

MISINTERPRET, verb. Interpret falsely.
MISINTERPRET, verb. Interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!".
MISINTERPRET, verb. Interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky