"a wrong understanding or explanation," 1570s, from mis- (1) "bad, wrong" + interpretation.
his misinterpretation of the question caused his error
misidentify
misinform
misinformation
misinformed
misinterpret
misinterpretation
misjudge
misjudgement
misjudgment
misknow
mislabel
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