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Common collocations with misinterpret in American Collocation

misinterpret verb transitive

US /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜrprət/

deliberately

deliberately
wilfully

They have ignored or wilfully misinterpreted the evidence we have provided.

badly

completely
grossly
wildly

The remarks I made on News 24 about this were grossly misinterpreted.

always or often

consistently
frequently
often

Do you feel that you are consistently misinterpreted or misrepresented by journalists?

by many people

commonly
widely

This was widely misinterpreted as forcing employees to work until their 70th birthday.

easily

easily

Many of the instructions are misleading or easily misinterpreted.

word or statement

comment
instructions
meaning
message
phrase
remark
words

He accused the foreign press of misinterpreting his remarks.

intentions

intentions
motives

I could tell her everything without fear that she would misinterpret my motives.

signal

sign
signal

I thought he wanted to kiss me, but I could have misinterpreted the signs.

facts

evidence
facts
statistics

Anybody who thinks I have misinterpreted the facts can check them out.