Misinterpret \Mis`in*ter"pret\, v. t. To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
Some misinterpret his momentum as evidence of stability rather than merely as a sign of political courage.
D. Allan Bromley, a White House science adviser, and James O. Mason, assistant secretary of health and human services, told EPA officials they were concerned the public would misinterpret the report's conclusions.
But in East Asia, for instance, eye contact indicates anger or aggression. That makes it easy to misinterpret cultural problems for personality differences.