misunderstand
verb (used with object)
to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
had been misunderstanding
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past perfect progressiveof misunderstand.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Not even to Harry: she could tell him that she had never loved any one but him: that it had been misunderstanding that had driven her to send him that unhappy note.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives
