miscommunicate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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More often than not, we miscommunicate, be it over text or email or Twitter.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2022
“We can’t jump our gaps, we can’t miscommunicate, and we can’t create penalties,” Rivera said Friday after reviewing the Giants game film.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021
It’s cute to watch children mispronounce and miscommunicate.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2019
A standoff could very easily escalate, producing unintended and disastrous outcomes, if both sides miscommunicate and misperceive red lines.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2013
Or we are terrified when the leaders of government miscommunicate and put their countries on a collision course.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have you misunderstood or simply miscommunicated the terms of their arrangement?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2025
But the big mistake: Stassi and third baseman Jose Rojas miscommunicated running down Haggerty, who was loitering on the base paths between them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
The mix-up created an off-the-field scramble to determine how authorities apparently miscommunicated about the flight on Military Appreciation Night at the baseball game.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
Suzuki also miscommunicated with second baseman Nick Madrigal on Diaz’s fly to shallow right that fell and was ruled a single in the fourth.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Kyle Farmer was safe at second after Blanco and right fielder Andrew McCutchen miscommunicated on a fly ball and Blanco dropped it, allowing Cody Bellinger and Austin Barnes to score.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 1, 2018
They were architects of their own downfall as they allowed Tottenham a late leveller, Keating and Laia Aleixandri miscommunicating and leaving the ball completely free for England to score.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024
We are all in the business of miscommunicating, much more than we realize.
From Salon ● May 22, 2022
“We started understanding how each others’ minds were clicking, what we were miscommunicating, where guys were confused at,” Jackson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2021
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