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noun

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as in misinterpretation
a failure to understand correctly people once thought that there were canals on Mars because of a common misunderstanding of a report by an Italian astronomer

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as in dispute
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions tried to resolve their misunderstandings peacefully

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misunderstanding

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verb

present participle of misunderstand
as in misreading
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of you misunderstood that poem because you took everything so literally

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