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misunderstand

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


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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

What do audiences underestimate or misunderstand about what it takes to make a comedy?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

“To suggest that one branch would seek to derive economic benefit from the Epstein matter would be to misunderstand those ties and to insult the decision-makers involved,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

But Theo, how can Theo misunderstand him so?

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

In response Kundizeza wrote: "To suggest that a writer cannot write in different styles or genres, or improve his writing substantially after five or more years fundamentally misunderstands the craft of writing."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

Your editorial praises a judicial opinion that misunderstands the 340B program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 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

Man City have denied the claims and say the Premier League had misunderstood the sponsorship agreements.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

"I do not want to entrust national pride to the wrong people," said Klopp, who prefers the term "positive patriotism" to "national pride", which he fears can be misunderstood.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

This fresh attempt to clarify his position is styled by Mr. Fukuyama as a memoir, but it is better seen as a series of meditations—the meditations, in truth, of a misunderstood man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The term improvisation is often misunderstood to mean, “making something up on the spot.”

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Proponents of the castaway theory argue this may have been a misunderstanding of Earhart giving her location as near the Norwich City.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I said emphatically, shaking my head vigorously so that there could be no possible further misunderstanding.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright


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