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misunderstand

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


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I work to organize it all quickly, properly, so the words that need to be said come out the right way, so there’s no way he can misunderstand.

From Literature

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

“True, we’ve had misunderstandings. Though the ring knows when I’ve been walking, it confuses my harried morning routine for housework. After making a dinner one night, the ring asked whether I’d been on the elliptical.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site,” said Jose Castañeda, a Google spokesman, in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

The case, he said, “misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social-media site.”

From The Wall Street Journal