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[ noun ] putting the wrong interpretation on

Examples

"his misinterpretation of the question caused his error" "there was no mistaking her meaning"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

They never troubled_themselves about us while we were playing , because the fence formed such a definite boundary and `` Do n't go outside the gate '' was a command so impossible of misinterpretation .

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