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misunderstand

[mis-uhn-der-stand] / ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd /


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Hopefully Hollywood won’t misunderstand the lesson in those projects’ success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

To dismiss that language as frivolous, Shah argues, is to misunderstand what it is doing.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

We also discovered—without too much surprise—that he often seems to fundamentally misunderstand the works he treasures most deeply.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Nvidia remains undervalued by investors, perhaps because they misunderstand the company’s true data-center dominance.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

If she said yes, he might manage to misunderstand her hatred of him.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

Is she the one who is out of line and misunderstands the boundaries of marriage?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Amazon said the lawsuit is “misguided” and that the FTC’s claim “fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers operate.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

For Barton, the red card illustrates something he believes the public still misunderstands: VAR does not eliminate the need for the referee to interpret the rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

It’s hard to describe how profoundly that misunderstands what the military ought to be.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

The evidence is clear: not only does della Porta echo Garzoni’s words, but he misunderstands some of the experiments he claims to have performed, and so misreports them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“And that’s a testament to Cole writing something very true and anchored in real emotion. I think anyone who has ever felt underestimated or misunderstood or overlooked can really identify with this role.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

So when our realtor texted early Monday morning to tell us our offer had been accepted, we assumed we’d misunderstood.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

"If City can demonstrate the Commission fundamentally misunderstood the emails, failed to consider their proper context or reached conclusions inconsistent with other contemporaneous documents, that could amount to a material factual error," Severin added.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I have a soft spot for people that I think are misunderstood and that go out into the world punching and fighting.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was destined to be misunderstood, or taken too literally because your ideas are opposed to conventionalism.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

And their misunderstanding of their mandate just may start to set the stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

McKinney thinks Roy’s emphasis on fighting Trump speaks to a misunderstanding of the job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The results also highlighted a persistent misunderstanding surrounding the familiar hurricane "cone of uncertainty."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

During Wednesday's earnings conference call, BofA executives were asked "how it gets to this point" and whether there was a misunderstanding of the rules.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

But it was a misunderstanding, though unintentional, like a painting erroneously attributed to a master.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman


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