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Misunderstand

Misunderstand meaning

To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.

Example sentences (20)

Lawrence Schroedel, a Catholic friar who participated in the walk, said that many abortion rights protesters misunderstand abortions, and went on to describe abortions in a medically inaccurate fashion.

So I share this story with no disrespect, but to show how even an extremely conscientious and intelligent leader, like Balint, is prone to misunderstand the heart of the issue and mistake party-line talking points for real root-cause solutions.

You are free to misunderstand me when you hear this, but heaven will dismay you if you exceed your boundaries.

All this comes from being so divorced from the audience that the people who do this fundamentally misunderstand their audience.

And, more broadly, to misunderstand what it means to live in a democracy where we enjoy a right to noisy protest, but are also bound by obligations to each other that are framed by the rule of law that applies to us all equally.

Because resuscitation lacks a clear definition, medical staff can misunderstand what patients want.

But when he’s around the adults who misunderstand, bully, and disregard him, or when he sees a naughty child, Harry’s face shifts immediately, becoming the darker Santa who doles out bad gifts and vengeance.

Elon Musk’s posts seem to misunderstand the relationship Apple announced with OpenAI at WWDC 2024.

If the trainer misses a click, the learner could misunderstand the desired behavior.

Louis Houdart, managing partner Greater China of luxury consultancy MAD, thinks financial analysts tend to misunderstand China’s recovery trajectory following its COVID-19 strategy.

Perhaps one child could misunderstand, but how can seven little children lie about such a thing.

To say that the look and feel of the Man With No Name isn't essential to the character himself is to misunderstand the whole concept.

Cummins’s critics argue that this is to misunderstand their point.

Don't misunderstand — I really like Christmas.

However, Dr. Morgan Katz, an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, said these posts fundamentally misunderstand what's happening when the test is conducted.

However, many such arguments tend to misunderstand how ASEAN, and by extension its documents, operate.

Instead, the pair continue to misunderstand one another until Darby confronts Claudia at a mattress store, telling her she’s long felt rejected by her, the same feeling that drove Claudia to reject her daughter in the first place.

Please do not get caught up in that and don’t misunderstand my belief in local government on this issue.

She said individuals often misunderstand the issue of systemic racism and get defensive, feeling they are being accused of being individually racist.

But do not misunderstand who he is.