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
Some European ministers fear that Trump fatally misunderstands Putin.
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Clare Sebastian, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
No one can possibly misunderstand the urgency of finding a venue at this point.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Don’t misunderstand this: that Arsenal team could play too, but winning was the be-all and end-all and being practical to that aim was fundamental.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
But whether or not a deal is reached, the assumption that a cease-fire will end Russia’s primary threat to Ukrainians misunderstands the nature of the conflict.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
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Clare Sebastian, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
No one can possibly misunderstand the urgency of finding a venue at this point.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Don’t misunderstand this: that Arsenal team could play too, but winning was the be-all and end-all and being practical to that aim was fundamental.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
But whether or not a deal is reached, the assumption that a cease-fire will end Russia’s primary threat to Ukrainians misunderstands the nature of the conflict.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstand
Verb
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Jalen Suggs last played for the Orlando Magic on Jan. 25 and has missed 15 games.—
Stan Son,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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Thrun, 23, will have to miss at least the rest of the Sharks’ road trip, which ends with games against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday and the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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He was detained after the agents, who were searching for another man with a deportation order, mistook him for someone else.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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This is a classic case of mistaking accumulation for capability.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The military's main findings were that the region's most powerful and sophisticated military misread Hamas' intentions, underestimated its capabilities and was wholly unprepared for the surprise attack by thousands of heavily armed militants in the early morning hours of a major Jewish holiday.—
MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA, NATALIE MELZER AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Nissan misread demand for hybrids in the United States, Uchida told a press conference.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
8 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Likewise, generative AI might have misinterpreted my prompt and improperly laid out what needed to be done.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The district denied the allegations in a statement, saying the issue has been misinterpreted.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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