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- verb To give an
overinterpretation - verb To attach too much importance to an
interpretation
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Examples
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TONY SNOW, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: It is possible to kind of overinterpret what happened in that cloture vote what.
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It is best not to overinterpret it and, on past experience, some of the Palestinians to be released next week will either be back in prison or dead in a year's time.
Palestinian prisoner swap: rare outbreak of common sense | Editorial 2011
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But, cautions Republican pollster Glen Bolger of Public Opinion Strategies, Republicans surely will overinterpret their likely gains as a mandate for their positions — just as Democrats did two years ago.
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We misread cues or overinterpret what is going on, so the brain is tricked into thinking there is a real, even extreme threat.
The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010
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Sen. Kit Bond is skeptical of the Obama administration's claim that intelligence ties alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad to the Pakistani Taliban and warns that, per our lessons from Iraq, we should not overinterpret intelligence.
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"There's a tendency for people to overinterpret what a specific number means."
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We shouldn't overinterpret this "lesson" to say that we shouldn't have any preconceptions in this situation.
"Susan Boyle: What's the big deal?" Ann Althouse 2009
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"" Both laypeople and experts tend to overinterpret the importance of birth order, '' says Joseph Rodgers, a psychologist at the University of Oklahoma.
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A new coolness from the White House could follow if they overinterpret the lessons of Houston.
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Maybe being of a simpler mind will actually help Snyder because he won't overthink and overinterpret the source material, just recreate it.
New Watchmen Character Pics! | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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