misunderstands

present tense third-person singular of misunderstand

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Recent Examples of misunderstands The two men each say the other misunderstands the impacts of Senate Bill 1. Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025 This comes from an internal drive shaped by years of navigating a world that often misunderstands them. Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 King was right that excluding Carrie’s commentary made And Just Like That … feel like a fundamentally different show, but that misunderstands a mechanism that made Sex and the City tick. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 This doctrinal paradigm fundamentally misunderstands Southern voters. Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstands
Verb
  • Ugarte then threads the ball to Amad, who misses the target, but is flagged offside anyway.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But if a student misses two of the exams, that probably isn’t the case.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Younger Recently divorced and adjusting to life as an empty nester, fortysomething Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) gains a boost of confidence once a 26-year-old tattoo artist mistakes her for someone his age.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The scene in which Junshik mistakes his family members for lucky strangers would work beautifully in a movie.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some of the Supreme Court’s own justices have also voiced concerns about whether the Obergefell decision infringes on religious freedom or misinterprets the Constitution.
    Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 26 June 2025

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“Misunderstands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misunderstands. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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