as in misses
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 misunderstands
The two men each say the other misunderstands the impacts of Senate Bill 1.
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Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
This comes from an internal drive shaped by years of navigating a world that often misunderstands them.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
King was right that excluding Carrie’s commentary made And Just Like That … feel like a fundamentally different show, but that misunderstands a mechanism that made Sex and the City tick.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
This doctrinal paradigm fundamentally misunderstands Southern voters.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
This comes from an internal drive shaped by years of navigating a world that often misunderstands them.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
King was right that excluding Carrie’s commentary made And Just Like That … feel like a fundamentally different show, but that misunderstands a mechanism that made Sex and the City tick.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
This doctrinal paradigm fundamentally misunderstands Southern voters.
—Paul Goldman, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misunderstands
Verb
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The survey then gets adjusted to try to capture the parts of the labor market the survey misses.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But any delays could mean that Wheeler misses a significant chunk of next season.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Younger Recently divorced and adjusting to life as an empty nester, fortysomething Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) gains a boost of confidence once a 26-year-old tattoo artist mistakes her for someone his age.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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The scene in which Junshik mistakes his family members for lucky strangers would work beautifully in a movie.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of the Supreme Court’s own justices have also voiced concerns about whether the Obergefell decision infringes on religious freedom or misinterprets the Constitution.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
26 June 2025
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“Misunderstands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misunderstands. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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