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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

“People are desperate for indicators so they look at VIX and they misunderstand it,” says Scott Nations, president of volatility index developer Nations Indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

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

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

It’s hard to describe how profoundly that misunderstands what the military ought to be.

From Slate ● Jun. 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

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

"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

The Justice Department said an official who sent a “Pause on Canada” email misunderstood a directive and it continues to cooperate with Ottawa amid a trade dispute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Only now, after all this lost time, did I realize how terribly I had misunderstood both her game and the prize for winning it.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

“This is a big misunderstanding that can easily be resolved,” continued the rapper, who also used the incident to tease his 2026 film, “Street Fighter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The event "went off very badly", partly because the Russian had difficulty in understanding Bevan's accent, which led to misunderstanding.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga has called the incident a "diplomatic misunderstanding".

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

So then I spoke up at once and said that there was a misunderstanding.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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