- present participle of misunderstand.
misunderstanding
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A court spokeswoman said the exchange was based on a misunderstanding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
Citrini pushed back, flagging a “fundamental misunderstanding of the business model.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
As brilliant as the Wayans brothers can be, they seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what’s made “Scary Movie” last all these years.
From Salon • 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
Not long after his marriage, a misunderstanding took place between himself and Master Hugh; and as a means of punishing his brother, he took me from him to live with himself at St. Michael’s.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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