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misunderstand

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


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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

“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

Kaufman acknowledged mistakes can occur, but suggested many complaints arise when parents complete age checks on behalf of their children or misunderstand the process.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

When we misunderstand each other, we listen again.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

Amazon said the lawsuit is “misguided” and that the FTC’s claim “fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers operate.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

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

That is because Kagan believes the question itself misunderstands the Fourth Amendment.

From Slate Jun. 29, 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

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

Holmes and Evans embrace what they call “radical transparency,” opening their home to the cameras in hopes of convincing the filmmakers — and eventually the world — that the public has fundamentally misunderstood her.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

An oral history, based on 80 interviews, offers insight into one of the most misunderstood administrations in recent history.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Canadians have never felt quite safe with America, while Americans have consistently misunderstood and underestimated the enormous land to the north.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Some families of people killed during the Troubles have hit back at comments by the Northern Ireland secretary that he was worried "some people have misunderstood the purpose" of the Troubles' legacy bill.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Aquinas Christianized Ad Herennium, partly misunderstood it—misreading “solitude” for “solicitude,” thus accidentally discovering a devotional aspect in it—and became the patron saint of medieval mnemotechnics.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

"Constraining LLM development under a misunderstanding of fair use doctrine would thwart such creative and scientific progress while hindering American prosperity and economic mobility," the document read.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

According to the researchers, the controversy sparked by the findings reported last November was caused by a misunderstanding in the analysis rather than evidence that scientists' basic picture of the universe had suddenly broken down.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

One misunderstanding of a variable interest rate or a cosigner’s responsibilities can blow up decades of financial planning.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

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

Unfortunately, their argument depends on a profound misunderstanding of Hobbes’s text.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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