How to Use misunderstanding in a Sentence

misunderstanding

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  • We had our little misunderstandings in the past but we managed to clear them up long ago.
  • Her comments reflect a misunderstanding of the basic problem.
  • The instructions are carefully written in order to avoid misunderstanding.
  • The misunderstanding comes on the heels of two deadly mass shootings in as many weeks in the U.S.
    — Fox News, 29 May 2022
  • The case was closed in what police said may have been sparked by a misunderstanding.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • There is a lot of misunderstanding out there about 80/20.
    — Dave Philippi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • And Mars just shows a deep misunderstanding of how all of this stuff works, and the countless things that make Earth perfect for human life.
    — WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022
  • If your emotions get in the way of reason, a misunderstanding will spin out of control.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • All-out war among the women is the result of what should’ve been a minor misunderstanding.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
  • This seemed to me to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what Judd was up to.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The next few weeks are sure to be a slightly confusing and full of missteps and misunderstandings.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That belief, however, turned out to be the misunderstanding at the center of the pair’s struggle.
    — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • This can be as small as picking up the phone to diffuse any kind of tension or misunderstanding.
    — Marieke Flament, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • And so that comes with a lot of trauma, a lot of misunderstanding, a lot of unresolved feelings that men have to carry and still be able to hold the fort down.
    — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
  • One of my favorite moments of the season is the misunderstanding with Mike’s phone call that Daniel overhears.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Time, 14 Sep. 2022
  • For the most part, emoji misunderstandings are worth a chuckle or two.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This claim is built on a misunderstanding of the science of climate change and what Einstein discussed.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2022
  • So there were misunderstandings within the group and Rahiem felt man enough to apologize.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2023
  • There are plenty of misunderstandings about crime and how it’s measured in the U.S. Are the two statements accurate?
    — Journal Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2024
  • And just in case there is any misunderstanding, Oscar will not be there either.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Despite the men’s claims of a misunderstanding, Hemmeler has not withdrawn her calls for the two to resign from the council.
    — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 19 Oct. 2022
  • There was a slight misunderstanding about the actress who played Emily Binx.
    — Megan Stein, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The millionaire later claimed not to have made the post and called it a frustrating misunderstanding.
    — Fox News, 27 Dec. 2022
  • By that point, there was enough trust that the misunderstanding did little from the White House perspective to hurt the relationship.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • This could partially be due to the larger misunderstanding of what PR is.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 1 Sep. 2024
  • And that just was based on a complete misunderstanding of Ukraine and the nature of Ukrainian society.
    — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 26 Mar. 2022
  • But this is a method which has led in the past to misunderstandings of a most lurid nature, to people being driven insane with fear, and even to shooting tragedies.
    — Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Richardson blamed it all on a misunderstanding and haste.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The topiaries of himself and Susie, which came later, were born of a misunderstanding.
    — Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Wharton also said that his confirmation bias and a number of misunderstandings wrongly pointed him to Roberson's guilt.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024

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