as in to miss
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
you misunderstood that poem because you took everything so literally
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Recent Examples of misunderstand
For example, failing to collect and remit sales tax properly, or misunderstanding 1099 vs. W-2 employee classification, can result in audits and penalties.
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Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But one mom of three has gone viral after suggesting that people are completely misunderstanding millennial culture during the Great Recession.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Beijing on Monday pushed back against Trump administration criticism of its trade deficit with the U.S., suggesting the White House misunderstands basic economic fundamentals.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Is Big, Beautiful And Sad Northern Lights Alert For 17 States After ‘Double Eruption’ On Sun
Time Blocking as a Leadership Act
Time blocking, often misunderstood as a simple productivity hack, is in fact a form of proactive alignment.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But one mom of three has gone viral after suggesting that people are completely misunderstanding millennial culture during the Great Recession.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Beijing on Monday pushed back against Trump administration criticism of its trade deficit with the U.S., suggesting the White House misunderstands basic economic fundamentals.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Is Big, Beautiful And Sad Northern Lights Alert For 17 States After ‘Double Eruption’ On Sun
Time Blocking as a Leadership Act
Time blocking, often misunderstood as a simple productivity hack, is in fact a form of proactive alignment.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstand
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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Fill-in moderator Joy Behar took over for Goldberg on Wednesday's telecast, which Goldberg missed due to her sickness.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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But the creature is quickly adopted by Lilo (Maia Kealoha), a precocious child with a special love for animals, at a kennel where he has been mistaken for an ugly dog.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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Nghe was one of more than a dozen people stationed at a highway checkpoint outside the village of Trang Bang on June 8, 1972, as 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc and other villagers were mistaken for the enemy and bombarded by the South Vietnamese air force.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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Her mother had misread something about the Property Brothers on the internet and was insisting that they were being persecuted for being Christian.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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Clearly the Red Sox misread things here, but with Devers the situation is a little more complicated.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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Depardieu has repeatedly refuted both accounts saying his actions had been misinterpreted.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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But while users were concerned about attendees misinterpreting the theme, or playing it safe by wearing something utterly boring, many took what came across their timeline and ran with it.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 May 2025
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But would her students, turned on everywhere by the dogma of political correctness, misapprehend Haynes’s aim?—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Nov. 2021
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“Misunderstand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misunderstand. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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