misunderstander
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- noun
- /ˌmɪsʌndərˈstændər/
- The speaker realized that some audience members were misunderstanders of his message.
Examples
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He is often seen as a misunderstander because he misinterprets the intentions of others.
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That means Islam proper, not this attempt to isolate a "small minority of misunderstanders of Islam."
Blog text (18) -
And beguiling enough angry and self-righteous people along the way, not to mention just innocent misunderstanders, but that's the way it was intended, so no harm done, eh?
Blog text (8) -
As a misunderstander of the instructions, she assembled the furniture incorrectly.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
misunderstander = misunderstand (transparent) = mis + understand + er
The word 'misunderstander' is clearly derived from 'misunderstand' with the suffix '-er' indicating a person who performs the action.
Etymology
The word misunderstander comes from mis- 'wrong' or 'badly' and understand 'get the meaning'. So, a misunderstander is someone who gets the meaning wrong or fails to grasp information.