as in missed
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 misunderstood
Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstood
Verb
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Instead, multiple Chiefs missed a chance at a pick, and the Jaguars scored a touchdown after given the unlikely reprieve.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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However, Brodin and Spurgeon have missed 52 and 82 games respectively over the last two years because of various injuries.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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But for others, this stability is misconstrued as a sign that effort is no longer needed.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In retrospect Winnie realizes it was misconstrued.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But is Gemma misreading the signs?—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Absolutely stunning to see a high-ranking executive misread their own business like this.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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According to Fox 35, deputies mistook Vasquez for their suspect due to a one-letter difference in the spelling of their last names.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The children were accidentally napalmed by South Vietnamese pilots who mistook a group of fleeing villagers for Viet Cong.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Is Rummenigge speaking in a way that can be misinterpreted and taken offence to?—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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That means anticipating where narratives can be misinterpreted, reframing the context and staying ahead of public assumptions.—
Kristine Johnson,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Misunderstood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misunderstood. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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