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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

Given this kind of media coverage, is it any wonder that so many people misunderstand the High Court?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

I work to organize it all quickly, properly, so the words that need to be said come out the right way, so there’s no way he can misunderstand.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Such a view misunderstands what the court is up to in those rare instances when it has stood up to the president.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 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

De Zylva argues this misunderstands the point: "The purpose of the green belt isn't to be green per se, it is to be a buffer to prevent sprawl."

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 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

Caroline Hughes, senior support services Manager for Meningitis Research Foundation, said the long term consequences of the disease "remain widely misunderstood".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

If its reach has been misunderstood, other explanations built around the traditional model may also need to be reconsidered.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Holmes and Evans embrace what they call “radical transparency,” opening their home to the cameras in hopes of convincing the filmmakers — and eventually the world — that the public has fundamentally misunderstood her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

After WSJ reported on the email, a DOJ spokeswoman said the official misunderstood a directive to push back a scheduled meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Being misunderstood was all part of the package.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

That’s another misunderstanding: We were hawking game, as we like to make a little cash on the side selling rare meats.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

"Many teeth from Saurichthys were once mistaken for those of an amphibian, and that misunderstanding continued well into the 20th Century," said Museum Wales curator Cindy Howells.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Francis Fukuyama looks back on the book that put his ideas on the world stage—and the misunderstanding that has dogged him since.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Speaking from personal experience, I’ve encountered many a cat misunderstanding from non-kitty people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

All of this is a salutary lesson in the way tottering edifices of theology can be built on a small textual misunderstanding.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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