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
Treating Pahlavi as a shortcut to stability misunderstands both Iran’s society and the nature of this uprising.
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Jalil Pakray, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Flight also suggests the report fundamentally misunderstands macroeconomic fundamentals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
But after just one weekend, that premature conclusion could misunderstand how franchise damage actually works.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Perfect opportunity to misunderstand the assignment and show up as a weird little Hieronymus Bosch creature.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
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Jalil Pakray, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Flight also suggests the report fundamentally misunderstands macroeconomic fundamentals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
But after just one weekend, that premature conclusion could misunderstand how franchise damage actually works.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Perfect opportunity to misunderstand the assignment and show up as a weird little Hieronymus Bosch creature.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstand
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Your discerning side notices details others miss, so name what works and what hurts before proposing adjustments that would fix the latter.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Jovic, 22 was available on Tuesday after missing the previous 11 games with a lower back issue.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Tucked away off Lagos’ Admiralty Way main road, you’d be forgiven for mistaking its polite green exterior for something residential upon viewing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
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But that mistakes the symptom for the cause.—
Paul Polman,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bank of America economists also believe the market may be misreading the current situation by anticipating that the Fed automatically will prioritize inflation.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2026
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Industry guidance from Innovative Toll Solutions says common errors include misread license plates, toll tags that aren’t properly registered, duplicate transactions, or system glitches.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Feb. 2026
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, stars including Tom Brady, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Costner, Alix Earle, Orlando Bloom, and Mark Wahlberg attended the starry celebration—and per sources, Alba and Burrow’s interaction may have been misconstrued.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
9 Mar. 2026
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Showing leadership is a good way to build alliances, but if misconstrued for over-confidence, the whole group could turn on you.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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Fall hopes the data will be useful for policymakers but also worries about them being misinterpreted.—
Lori Youmshajekian,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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With multimodal input from different sensing techniques, such as vision, touch, and joint position awareness, the robot is less likely to misinterpret complex situations.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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That is true of leaders anywhere, but Israel’s history has predisposed some of its policymakers to focus excessively on day-to-day survival and to misapprehend or ignore strategic dynamics as a result.—
Andrew P. Miller,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Dec. 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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“Misunderstand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misunderstand. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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