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Meanings of misunderstand in English

Portuguese
compreender mal
Catalan
confondre
Spanish
malinterpretar

To fail to understand or interpret the meaning of words or behaviour correctly.

compreender mal
Usage of misunderstand in English
1
This makes sense, and I don't make mistakes and misunderstand the situation.
Wired
2
The major is the last man in the world to misunderstand me.
Armadale
3
Do not imagine that I can misunderstand it; it does you honour.
Vivian Grey
4
But do not misunderstand me; I admire the English private-thefighting man-exceedingly.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross
5
You will not misunderstand that expression- Ispeakof my debt in money.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
6
The fact remains: nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother.
South Wind
7
This is to misunderstand the essence of life, its will to power.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
8
He attempted to turn the subject lightly by pretending to misunderstand him.
Gordon Keith
9
This is to misunderstand and underestimate the purpose and potency of oratory.
The Irish Times
10
All friends misunderstand each other, but the real ones clear things up.
The Big-Town Round-Up
11
We get orders and levels tangled up; we misunderstand and misinterpret relations.
The Tyranny Of Words
12
Goethe-youwill not misunderstand what I say-wasa German of the Germans.
Intentions
13
She seemed to misunderstand him altogether and take his inquiry for prying.
People of the Whirlpool / From The Experience Book of a Commuter...
14
Your Kerothic is not so bad that I could misunderstand your instructions.
The Highest Treason
15
Don't misunderstand me; I am not trying to shuffle out of it.
Three Dramas
16
I know you will not misunderstand me -and that is all.
Nina Balatka
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Translations for misunderstand
Misunderstand through the time
Misunderstand across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common