misunderstand
Example Sentences
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Doctors say many patients misunderstand the role of the drugs.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
To treat it as a separate category is to misunderstand the American story itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
It’s easy for students to misunderstand and misinterpret college award letters that specify the financial aid they will receive.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025
In a statement to Barron’s, a Google spokesperson said that “these lawsuits fundamentally misunderstand how YouTube works and the allegations are simply not true.”
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
Not to understand this is to misunderstand the public uses of schooling and to trivialize the nature of intimate life—a family’s ‘language.’
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
