misunderstandverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstænd/us/ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstænd/misunderstood, misunderstoodB2 to think you have understood someone or something when you have not:
If you think that these transport problems can be solved by building more roads, you completely misunderstand the nature of the problem.
I told him I'd meet him here, but perhaps he misunderstood and went straight to the restaurant.
be misunderstood
C2 If someone is misunderstood, other people do not understand that they have good qualities:
In her teens she felt frustrated and misunderstood.
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
- misconceived
- misconception
- misconstrue
- misguided
- misinterpret
- mistaken
- 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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