misunderstandingnoun
uk/ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstæn.dɪŋ/us/ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstæn.dɪŋ/B2 [ C or U ] an occasion when someone does not understand something correctly:
There must be some misunderstanding. I never asked for these chairs to be delivered.
His ridiculous comments showed a complete misunderstanding of the situation.
[ C ] informal a disagreement, argument, or fight:
often humorous "How did you get your black eye?" "Oh, I had a little misunderstanding with someone at the football match."
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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
- misconceived
- misconception
- misconstrue
- misguided
- misinterpret
- mistaken
- 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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Arguments & disagreements