as in to miss
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
you misunderstood that poem because you took everything so literally
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Recent Examples of misunderstand
This of course fundamentally misunderstands the current reality.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
University leaders argue the Trump administration fundamentally misunderstands how research is funded.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Both strategies misunderstand what drives transformative companies.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
That can lead to a law enforcement officer misunderstanding the situation.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
University leaders argue the Trump administration fundamentally misunderstands how research is funded.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Both strategies misunderstand what drives transformative companies.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
That can lead to a law enforcement officer misunderstanding the situation.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstand
Verb
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However, she was fired in March 1995 when it was discovered money was missing.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Raven Brunner,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Because of their flatness, the footprints had previously been mistaken for fish resting burrows.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Others mistake the intensity of the honeymoon phase for long-term compatibility.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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White ‘misread’ the situation, judge rules White was one of two police officers called to the Yallambee Lodge nursing home by staff who asked for help with a resident who was holding two knives.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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That bond began to fracture when Postecoglou misread supporter sentiment ahead of a crunch clash with Manchester City at the end of last season.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Mail reported there had been suggestions that Errol Musk may have misinterpreted his son's joke and incorrectly believed Grimes had wanted to ink her son for real.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Allison’s legal team has suggested that the government may have misinterpreted the communications between Allison and the Slovakian killer.—
James Bandler,
ProPublica,
25 Mar. 2025
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But would her students, turned on everywhere by the dogma of political correctness, misapprehend Haynes’s aim?—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Nov. 2021
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“Misunderstand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misunderstand. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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