verb
- drawing an incorrect conclusion from evidence or reasoning
Usage: present participle of misinfer
Examples
- She was misinferring his intentions based on incomplete information.
- The detective realized he had been misinferring the suspect’s motives.
- Students often struggle with misinferring the author’s main point.
- By misinferring the data trends, the analyst reached the wrong conclusion.
- He kept misinferring her silence as agreement when she actually disagreed.
- The jury was misinferring guilt from circumstantial evidence.