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misunderstand

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


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"Because they misunderstand it, this is not being reflected to employees," says Rahman, who runs a London-based consultancy, HR Habitat.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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

When we misunderstand each other, we listen again.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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

Amazon responded by saying the FTC "fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers operate".

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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

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

Migraines are often misunderstood as "just a headache" despite being a neurological condition that can leave people unable to work, socialise or function in everyday life, according to a migraine expert.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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 this article was published, Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Covington said the official who sent the Wednesday email directing the pause had misunderstood a directive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Genes, phenotypes, selection, and evolution were bound together by cords of relatively basic laws—but it was easy to imagine that these laws could be misunderstood and distorted.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This led to a public misunderstanding of her work with him, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

When he began practicing urology in the 1980s, the common misunderstanding was that testosterone injections caused prostate cancer, further suppressing research and treatment of testosterone deficiency.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Constraining LLM development under a misunderstanding of fair use doctrine would thwart such creative and scientific progress while hindering American prosperity and economic mobility," the document read.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

“It’s not a big deal. Just a misunderstanding at Hillpark.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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