Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A failure to understand or interpret correctly.
- n. A disagreement or quarrel.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Mistake as to the meaning of something; misconception; erroneous interpretation.
- n. A disagreement; difference; dissension; quarrel.
Wiktionary
- n. A mistake as to the meaning of something; erroneous interpretation; misconception.
- n. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
- v. present participle of misunderstand.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.
- n. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an understanding of something that is not correct
- n. putting the wrong interpretation on
Examples
“Thinking like that is a fault that comes from misunderstanding the Tibetan word nangwa, which can mean either “appearances” or “appearance-making.””
Bringing Buddhism Down to Earth ��� Session Seven: Tantric Practice
“Another misunderstanding is the impression that Thapar's team found genetic differences that cause ADHD.”
The Guardian: ADHD: genes play a role, but how crucial are they?
“ANDERSON: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you Lindsay Lohan ` s attorney was in a Beverly Hills court Monday to take care of what she calls a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding that last Friday led the court to put out a warrant for Lindsay ` s arrest.”
“Of course, in her view, the misunderstanding is all on our side.”
“South African officials meanwhile said that their government was Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad to Algeria as a special envoy following what they called a misunderstanding over the meeting.”
“After apologizing for what he called a misunderstanding, Roland Martin is out at CNN.”
“Schwab says the past few weeks have felt like an out of body experience, following what she calls a misunderstanding that got blown out of proportion.”
“(AP) - The superintendent of a Massachusetts school district is apologizing to parents for what she calls a misunderstanding over a condom availability policy.”
“- The superintendent of a Massachusetts school district is apologizing to parents for what she calls a misunderstanding over a condom availability policy.”
“(AP) -- The superintendent of a Massachusetts school district is apologizing to parents for what she calls a misunderstanding over a condom availability policy.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘misunderstanding’.
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EN - longest (>15 char) words
compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, counterrevolution..., counterrevolutionary, electroencephalogram, electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., electroencephalog..., institutionalisation, institutionalization and 634 more...
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five syllables
ontogenesis, phylogenesis, concatenation, androgenesis, extra textual, inexorably, spagyrically, apophenia, iatrochemist, monocotyloid, morphological, parthenogenic and 941 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Some new Wordie words this week
Don't tell them they are not real--they might cry.
glover, breakfront, submaximal, criticality, lanoline, mouthy, botheration, metaphorically, metaphase, disavowal, arum, ostentatiously and 162 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Escalation
A meeting of minds and emotions and fists
melee, riot, rumble, brawl, free-for-all, pandemonium, fray, fracas, a row and a ruction, tussle, ruckus, rumpus and 33 more...
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miserable mis(s)es
miscegenation, misogyny, misanthropy, misunderstanding, misplace, mistake, misshapen, mishap, amiss, miserable
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alterboy's Words
alphabet, arithmetic, asymtote, acrimonious, asteroid, apostrophe, atrocious, allegorical, appetizing, accidental, aeorta, improvolution and 35 more...
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