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
Heard said investors tend to misunderstand Adobe’s deliberate approach to AI monetization as its creative workflow translates raw AI material into competitive intelectual property.
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Pia Singh,yun Li, CNBC, 14 May 2025
In committee hearings, King and Hefner appeared to misunderstand their bills’ applicability to corrections officers.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
The driver misunderstood the instruction and entered the fast lane before the re-start time was officially confirmed in breach of the Race Director's event notes.
—Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
That's extremely common among these cases, said University of Idaho law professor Benji Cover, who wrote a paper about people, including noncitizens, misunderstanding election rules and being prosecuted in recent decades.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 17 May 2025
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Pia Singh,yun Li, CNBC, 14 May 2025
In committee hearings, King and Hefner appeared to misunderstand their bills’ applicability to corrections officers.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
The driver misunderstood the instruction and entered the fast lane before the re-start time was officially confirmed in breach of the Race Director's event notes.
—Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
That's extremely common among these cases, said University of Idaho law professor Benji Cover, who wrote a paper about people, including noncitizens, misunderstanding election rules and being prosecuted in recent decades.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstand
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Eliza felt her body becoming alive for the first time, coursing through with a vitality of pure sensation that had been missing for her entire teenage existence.—
Siouxzi Connor
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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That said, we could be mistaken in our evaluation and investors may be inclined to pay a premium for AVAV, influenced by the increasing demand for drones, broadening applications, new product offerings, and the recent BlueHalo acquisition.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Additionally, this opens up an entirely new mystery; the team still can't quite explain how Relay 2 managed to fire off a signal that could be mistaken for an FRB.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 June 2025
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If the foundry sits buried beneath Intel’s bloated structure, the market will continue to misread its upside.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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For example, time was misread as tme, good was misread as goo, and large was misread as lar.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025
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Harmon says the board is misinterpreting the statute and has appealed.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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The actor has repeatedly denied both accounts saying his actions were misinterpreted.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 May 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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