miscommunicationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌmɪs.kə.mjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɪs.kə.mjuː.nəˈkeɪ.ʃən/failure to communicate ideas or intentions successfully:
A spokeswoman blamed the confusion on miscommunication between the company and its customers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Misunderstanding
- cross purposes
- don't get me wrong idiom
- forest
- get the wrong end of the stick idiom
- get your wires crossed idiom
- labour
- labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc. idiom
- miscalculate
- misconception
- misconstrue
- misguided
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misunderstand
- not see the forest for the trees idiom
- not see the wood for the trees idiom
- put two and two together and make five idiom
- wire
- wood
- wrong
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