How to Use misunderstand in a Sentence

misunderstand

verb
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  • She expressed herself in clear terms that no one could misunderstand.
  • He feels that the critics have completely misunderstood his movies.
  • Don't misunderstand me—I'm not criticizing your decision.
  • The man said the text that he had sent was misunderstood.
    — cleveland, 15 May 2020
  • Much has been said about K-pop over the years and much has been misunderstood about the genre too.
    — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But Cristol said Youngkin appeared to misunderstand the specifics of the bill.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The new right laps up young and not-so-young men who feel wronged and misunderstood.
    — Laurie Penny, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2018
  • But to say that is to misunderstand the mystery of how art works.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The fear is people misunderstanding what the root of the jokes is or what the funny part is.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
  • And yet German Riesling is still one of the most misunderstood wines in the world.
    — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 5 July 2018
  • Don’t misunderstand: Mr. Putin hasn’t had a change of heart or decided to mend fences with the West.
    — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 4 June 2018
  • But the former president seems to misunderstand the meaning of the Bill of Rights.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • But there is a danger that both parties are misunderstanding the lessons of the 1970s.
    — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • What’s more, the Facebook post misunderstands the meaning of the word refugee and the process by which refugees are allowed to enter the United States.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • The rise to the top brings with it a unique set of challenges and pressures, often misunderstood by those not walking the same path.
    — Patrice Ford Lyn, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But this misunderstands the core of the Johnson-Cummings project.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2020
  • But to only use it as spread would be to misunderstand its whole range; it’s got so much more to offer!
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 15 Apr. 2021
  • So many of our gun laws are misunderstood and under-used.
    — John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2019
  • The market didn’t misunderstand, as in mis-price, derivates.
    — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • This is just one way Montag feels she and Pratt were misunderstood.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 24 June 2019
  • There’s so many ways to misunderstand people and to forget that, at the end of the day, your neighbor is very likely to give you the shirt off their own back.
    — WIRED, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Those who have made non-monogamy work for them say it's widely misunderstood.
    — Jason Silverstein, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Much has been reported about the racial wealth gap—but much is still misunderstood.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The day after the shooting, mourners showed up outside the venue to honor the dead, the wounded and Club Q itself, lest the world misunderstand the scope of their grief.
    — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Spacey claimed that three of the four men were lying and the fourth had simply misunderstood an awkward but harmless pass.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 5 June 2024
  • That’s the one thing that people misunderstand grossly about me.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
  • When folks aren’t in proximity, there’s lots of room to misunderstand and fear the other.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But the show is more about the unique nightmare of being hated and misunderstood by everyone around you.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Don’t misunderstand — Landy’s comeback tale, a warrior’s grind, is inspiring.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024
  • People tend to misunderstand introverts and categorize them as quiet, shy, or rude.
    — Joy Emeh, Health, 10 Sep. 2024

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