misunderstanding
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1.6
- noun
- /ˌmɪsʌndərˈstændɪŋ/
:
malentendido
- There was a simple misunderstanding between the two friends that needed to be cleared up.
- lead to misunderstandings
- cause misunderstandings
- prevent misunderstandings
So by creating that misunderstanding, it seems real.
- So by creating that misunderstanding, it seems real.
- And there is so much misunderstanding right now around metabolism.
- So criticism by itself is already a misunderstanding of the work of art.
- But I think there's a misunderstanding of what that actually means.
- The only thing worse than misunderstanding is understanding but not caring.
- And maybe the first misunderstanding is about the pleasure principle.
- And just so there are no misunderstandings, that's really unhealthy.
- So it is a misunderstanding, and I blame Pink Floyd for that.
- And that fundamentally comes down to a misunderstanding of Israel itself.
- Meaning there's a huge misunderstanding of how these things work.
- There's also the misunderstanding trope briefly.
- There's a lot of misunderstanding about these orbs and aliens.
- And I think it's really a total misunderstanding now that we've we've got to deal with.
- There was a misunderstanding in the process.
- Now let's go through a couple miss misunderstandings that students go through.
- Is that OK or domain or misunderstanding question is that good?
- Little misunderstanding and, and try and fix it.
- The the dramatic misunderstanding that amazing things come with a price.
Examples
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The questions that have been raised to me are based on a complete misunderstanding of the facts.
Academic text (1999) -
I guess there's some kind of misunderstanding here.
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Here is the number one misunderstanding about market research.
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I think that misunderstanding might be one way of looking at it.
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"So that there is no misunderstanding, would you please say so in your own words?"
Fiction book (1996) -
"And maybe it was all a misunderstanding; did you think of that?"
Fiction book (1992) -
And that fundamentally comes down to a misunderstanding of Israel itself.
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And, again, I'm really sorry about the misunderstanding.
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OK, so there's a big misunderstanding about a lot of this stuff.
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Dear Dev, I think there's a misunderstanding on the subject of these drapes.
Synonyms
615
1.0
A wrong idea or belief about something
306
1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
75
4.2
An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly
53
3.3
A mistake that happens when someone confuses one thing with another
48
1.8
A mistake when one thing is thought to be another
23
4.1
A failure to share information clearly that causes misunderstanding
12
6.8
A wrong idea about something
11
6.0
A wrong understanding of something that leads to wrong conclusions
6
4.0
A wrong idea about what someone wrote or said
5
7.5
A wrong idea about what something means
4
6.9
A feeling of not being able to understand something
3
5.6
An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
3
7.5
A wrong idea someone has about something
1
2.8
A small problem when people do not understand each other
1
8.3
A wrong idea about what someone said or meant
1
6.5
A belief based on false information
A failure to understand something correctly
A wrong idea about what someone says or does
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
A wrong understanding of what someone wrote or said
An idea that is wrong
Antonyms
Compounds
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
misunderstanding = understanding (transparent) = mis + understand + ing
The negative prefix 'mis-' combines with the noun 'understanding' to indicate an incorrect or mistaken understanding, a direct and predictable meaning for learners.
Etymology
Misunderstanding brings together mis- meaning 'wrong' and understand meaning 'to get or know'. So a misunderstanding is literally 'getting something wrong', which is why it means a mistake in how someone understands something.