miscommunication
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Whether it’s a relationship or a friendship, so many people are afraid of being clear, and that’s where all the miscommunication comes from — when we start overthinking,” she says.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of the American president's closest European allies, has vaguely spoken of a "problem of understanding and miscommunication."
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
He has conducted his several calls with Rodríguez in Spanish to limit the risk of miscommunication, according to administration officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
He said the investigation stems from a miscommunication with a fellow-beach goer that took place while he and his teenage daughter, who is interested in marine biology, were looking at a dead seal.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
“And we are; we’re going. Maybe it’s all just been a huge miscommunication? Maybe he doesn’t know what to say. Maybe he thought because you never went that you didn’t want to see him.”
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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