Misinterpretation It occurs when a person wrongly interpret something.

A person could always interpret a bit of evidence ten different ways from Sunday.

A person may have difficulty understanding clichés or expressions and interpret a phrase literally.

The ruling turned (as many of these do) on what a 'reasonable person' would interpret as advocating drug use.

"Each person may interpret the stories as they choose," the white-haired Indian said.

Another person standing a great distance away can interpret the flags and reproduce the words sent.

The person being slowly clapped at may interpret the clap as an insult, and a sign to leave the stage.

Thus each person can have an entirely different view on a work, because each person will interpret words differently.

There were a lot of ways a person could interpret a remark like that, weren't there?

Each person interprets the causes of the war using the arguments which best suit his own theory.