misunderstand
verb (used with object)
to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
misunderstander
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a word derived from
misunderstand.
Example Sentences
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Was his character always, like, an Amelia Bedelia-level misunderstander of things people say?
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021
Sir: You should not have described Wayne Morse as "irresponsible" and Bill Fulbright as "the patient misunderstander" in an Essay that purported to value "creative tension."
From Time Magazine Archive
"I fear Mr. Underwood misunderstood,—" he said, "and—" "He is a born misunderstander," said Miss Julia Desmond.
From The Incomplete Amorist by E. (Edith) Nesbit
