misunderstand

[US]/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd/
[UK]/ˌmɪsʌndərˈstænd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

misunderstand
vt. get wrong impression or understanding; interpret wrongly.

Example Sentences

a misunderstanding of the government's plans.

a popular misunderstanding of the issue.

His wife misunderstands him.

I think the couple misunderstand each other.

There seems to be a misunderstanding between us.

A trivial misunderstanding caused a breach between them.

Misunderstanding of dipmeter log in geologic structure interpretation is analysed.

I don't want any misunderstanding between us.

Don't misunderstand what I'm trying to say.

don't misunderstand me—I'm not implying she should be working.

It is the misunderstanding and misdoing of the philosophy to make the medical philosophy become unnecessary with the medicine.

he left the army after a slight misunderstanding with his commanding officer.

Imaginably, when someone is saying in the second language, the percentage of misunderstanding or being misheard would be soaring up.

"I think there's been some misunderstanding; I meant that we should look up the technical literature concerned first, not dismantle the machine now."

The speaker failed to put his ideas over clearly enough so that some misunderstanding arose.

Though knowing that there was misunderstanding between them,he,then wilful and self-opinioned of that young age,resolved to be gone forever when they broke up.

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