Misreading

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An incorrect reading.

    "When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings."

  2. 2
    misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of misread form-of, gerund, participle, present

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abuse of termscatachresiscontortingdistortioneisegesiserror

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"When I misread sentences on Tatoeba, I often add my misreading as a new sentence."

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