miscommunication

noun

mis·​com·​mu·​ni·​ca·​tion ˌmis-kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən 

: failure to communicate clearly

There was miscommunication between the reporter and her editors.

Examples of miscommunication in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a recent miscommunication in a tag team match, the two were arguing when Baszler stepped in to confront them. —Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

However, miscommunication and assumptions kept them from seeing that alignment. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Then Nix and Harvey had a miscommunication that turned into a broken play, followed by a third-down incompletion to Engram that never looked quite right. —Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025

The play before that, there appeared to be a miscommunication up front as the pulling guard and the tight end blocked a defensive end, while a linebacker came in clean to tackle Donaldson. —Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for miscommunication

• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• acidification
• actualization
• annualization
• autocorrelation
• autoregulation
• beatification
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• biodegradation
• biotransformation
• bureaucratization