miscommunication
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌmɪskəˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/
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fallo de comunicación
- Clearly there's been a miscommunication between Clair George and somebody.
- miscommunication and misunderstanding
- sexual miscommunication
- gender-related miscommunication
And that is when your ovary and your brain have a miscommunication.
- And that is when your ovary and your brain have a miscommunication.
- You might say things like he isn't really lying, it was just an honest miscommunication.
- And the reality is that making assumptions can create a lot of misunderstandings, lead to miscommunication and all kinds of issues.
- Because of the miscommunication, she bounced with the kids, went to her parents house.
- But there is miscommunication between the representation of your body and the way your brain processes it.
- And I can tell you first hand, one of the number one reasons why people end up divorced is just miscommunication.
- So I think it just kind of a miscommunication on both sides in terms of what happened.
- And I, I think maybe there was a, a miscommunication there.
- There is a full scope of of communication differences, sources of miscommunication and and misunderstandings.
- But just like friendships that happen every day of our lives, we had miscommunications, we had missteps.
- It was heavy on the miscommunication trope.
Examples
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But what went wrong was that there was miscommunication between the DJ and the wedding planner.
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I think there's been some miscommunication.
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So I think it just kind of a miscommunication on both sides in terms of what happened.
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I think we're having some sort of miscommunication here.
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Colonel, I think we had a little miscommunication back there.
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We had a miscommunication on our part.
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Usually, the miscommunication results in nothing more than a moment of confusion.
Academic text (2007) -
The union argues that the district has a history of miscommunication when it comes to its budget.
Blog text (24) -
I'm sure it was just a miscommunication.
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There was a miscommunication between the two teams, leading to a delay in the project.
Synonyms
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1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
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3.3
A mistake that happens when someone confuses one thing with another
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4.9
A statement that gives unclear or opposite signals, causing confusion
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3.8
People fail to share information clearly and so cause misunderstanding
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2.8
A small problem when people do not understand each other
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
miscommunication = communication (transparent) = mis + communicate + ion
The prefix 'mis-' (wrong/incorrect) attached to the common noun 'communication' yields a straightforward meaning of incorrect or failed communication.
Etymology
Miscommunication begins with mis- meaning 'wrong' and ends with communication, which comes from a word meaning 'to make common' or 'to share'. So a miscommunication is when information is shared the wrong way and people become confused or misunderstand each other.