Synonym: difference, difficulty, disagreement, error, misinterpretation, mistake. Similar words: understand, outstanding, funding, surrounding, underlying, abound in, under, landing. Meaning: ['mɪsʌndə(r)'stændɪŋ] n. 1. putting the wrong interpretation on 2. an understanding of something that is not correct.
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61 What began as a misunderstanding quickly became a deliberate deception on the part of the network.
62 Reluctance and misunderstanding must in their case be dissolved as far as possible by rational persuasion.
63 The tone of my previous paragraphs is open to a misunderstanding which I must dispel.
64 But first, a brief general comment about space and time in order to forestall a possible misunderstanding.
65 This can lead to considerable misunderstanding between members of different societies as the following example provided by Otto Klineberg shows.
66 There is a misunderstanding abroad that I also suffer from this unpleasant ailment.
67 To avoid misunderstanding, even disappointment, it needs some careful qualification.
68 And in misunderstanding itself, it will, in any time of difficulty, implacably prescribe for itself the wrong remedies.
69 Those who objected to his use of stages probably did so out of a misunderstanding.
70 There seems to have been a misunderstanding. I didn't order steak.
71 The remarks about top-up by local offices was also based on a misunderstanding.
72 Meanwhile the producers hope the film will correct what they call a public misunderstanding about squatting and the law.
73 No misunderstanding causes more anxiety and brings such bondage to sensitive people in doubt.
74 Actually the quarrel was largely due to Apollinaire's careless use of terms and to a rather wilful misunderstanding on the part of Boccioni.
75 The regulations state specifically that such investigations shall be held in private,(sentencedict.com) and this sometimes leads to misunderstanding.
76 In such letters he sounded very much himself-direct, sincere, kind, and eager to dispel any possible misunderstanding.
77 It is always wise to write down important points so that there is no risk of misunderstanding.
78 Robinson said Wednesday that he had a misunderstanding with Brown over what constituted an encampment.
79 But when Christians use imagery like this they betray their misunderstanding of apocalyptic symbolism.
80 A straight-laced Wall Street banker gets mixed up in one ludicrous misunderstanding after another in George Gallo's screwball comedy.
81 Jaguar had a a hectic session, with one market maker briefly quoting 1,200p after seemingly misunderstanding a transatlantic message.
82 Then, quite suddenly, without warning, or the slightest possibility of misunderstanding, came the sensation of fear.
83 I shall deal with the second recommendation first, because it is based upon a complete misunderstanding.
84 Nevertheless, it will eliminate the risk of misunderstanding if you and your employer discuss retirement specifically.
85 This is an assumption or misunderstanding that can only have arisen from the curious vagaries of the student grants system in Britain.
86 She forgot the excitement down below, she forgot the misunderstanding that had kept them silent down the gulch.
87 He, after all, was the one so determined to do away with sham and misunderstanding.
88 The following day, Moira telephoned the Daily Telegraph with profuse apologies for the misunderstanding.
89 To misuse or break the rules of winking is to produce misunderstanding, puzzlement, complaint, or some other social reaction.
90 All this is based on a fundamental misunderstanding about the social life of cats.
More similar words: understand, outstanding, funding, surrounding, underlying, abound in, under, landing, founder, undergo, under way, come under, fall under, spending, undermine, undertake, depending, first and foremost, under control, undergraduate, corresponding to, hand in, end in, send in, wander, the first person, render, tender, gender, stand.