fail to see/understand
idiom
: to not understand
—often used when someone does not agree with something
I fail to see/understand why we need to change the current system.
Examples of fail to see/understand in a Sentence
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What the civilians sometimes fail to understand is that officers accused of lying, for instance, can no longer testify in court and thus are required to work jobs with little to no contact with the public, Furniss said.
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Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Ignore or fail to understand adjacent niche industrial markets that would have rushed to buy the product if the company had developed niche-specific demos and outreach.
—Steve Blank, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
More and more car buyers are opting to go fully electric each year, although even a record 2023 will fail to see EV uptake reach double-digit percentages.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2023
Crazy notion that liberals fail to understand and refuse to acknowledge is the right way to operate.
—Jon Hartley, National Review, 28 Nov. 2023
The authors unfortunately fail to understand that the underlying blockchain technology actually makes transactions public, providing investigators a digital paper trail to identify terrorist operatives and their financial contributors.
—Yaya J. Fanusie, Fortune Crypto, 20 Oct. 2023
Yaccarino and especially Musk continuously fail to understand this.
—Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
Directors sometimes fail to understand core threats, Ms. Nagler said.
—Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2023
Critics who accuse microaggressed persons of being too sensitive fail to understand the cumulative effects of those exact same or similar statements and experiences over time.
—Shaun Harper, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Ignore or fail to understand adjacent niche industrial markets that would have rushed to buy the product if the company had developed niche-specific demos and outreach.
—Steve Blank, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
More and more car buyers are opting to go fully electric each year, although even a record 2023 will fail to see EV uptake reach double-digit percentages.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2023
Crazy notion that liberals fail to understand and refuse to acknowledge is the right way to operate.
—Jon Hartley, National Review, 28 Nov. 2023
The authors unfortunately fail to understand that the underlying blockchain technology actually makes transactions public, providing investigators a digital paper trail to identify terrorist operatives and their financial contributors.
—Yaya J. Fanusie, Fortune Crypto, 20 Oct. 2023
Yaccarino and especially Musk continuously fail to understand this.
—Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
Directors sometimes fail to understand core threats, Ms. Nagler said.
—Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2023
Critics who accuse microaggressed persons of being too sensitive fail to understand the cumulative effects of those exact same or similar statements and experiences over time.
—Shaun Harper, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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“Fail to see/understand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fail%20to%20see%2Funderstand. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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