- present participle of misunderstand.
misunderstanding
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Lead author Dr. Phil Wiseman of the University of Southampton said the controversy that emerged after the 2025 claims stemmed from a misunderstanding of the data rather than a problem with the universe itself.
From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026
Until we can all get on the same page about the ways in which we are willfully misunderstanding each other and calling it discourse, it won’t get better.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
But that clip did eventually come out, in late 2016, after Trump had already won that year’s election, and the depth of Trump’s misunderstanding of the film was striking.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
The joke, which revolved around a misunderstanding between a Kurdish woman and a doctor, also drew the ire of the pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party which said it had filed a complaint against him.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
“If there is any misunderstanding on that we should discuss the point at some length.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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