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misunderstand

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


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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

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

And if AI agents are not kept on course by a human, they could misunderstand an instruction and wander down an errant processing path, resulting in a business paying for wasted computing power.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

Janie wanted to ask Hezekiah about Tea Cake, but she was afraid he might misunderstand her and think she was interested.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

De Zylva argues this misunderstands the point: "The purpose of the green belt isn't to be green per se, it is to be a buffer to prevent sprawl."

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

She argued that seeking to resolve a case by reading ambiguous statutory language alone misunderstands the judicial role.

From Slate Mar. 4, 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

"I do believe FND is misunderstood and I want people to know they are not alone," she said.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

In doing so, it misunderstood its product and its membership and punted away a massive amount of good will.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

But I do think many have collectively misunderstood his apparent message of regret.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

In an unusually detailed sentencing statement, judge O'Grady noted that calculating punishment parts is "with good reason" much misunderstood by victims and members of the public.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Being misunderstood was all part of the package.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Readers in America may marvel at the authors’ misunderstanding of the Kellogg family’s breakfast-cereal story.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

MarketWatch: What is happening with the Federal Reserve that investors may be misunderstanding?

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Unlike the incident involving OpenAI's technology, Anthropic's models had access to the internet "due to a misunderstanding between us and our evaluation partner," called Irregular, Anthropic said in a blog post.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

“From that point of view, it becomes a more serious story, and it goes beyond misunderstanding to something more worrying.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

It’s like the game Oklahoma kids play called “two truths and a lie,” which was made to remind them that this world is full of deceit and misunderstanding.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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