misunderstand
verb (used with object)
to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
was misunderstanding
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past progressiveof misunderstand.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“There was misunderstanding in the verbal communication between both sides,” they said on Monday.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2019
That suggestion, however, was firmly pushed back by Ambassador Gordon Sondland, who said Mr Taylor was misunderstanding the president's intentions.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2019
Walking home with my older sister afterward, I asked her—in Russian, I didn’t speak English at this point—whether I was misunderstanding the word nice.
From Slate ● May 23, 2018
Bush responded that Trump was misunderstanding how both Putin and the Islamic State see the world.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2015
They were off St. Domingo, the capital of the Island, on the 14th of April, 1655, and from that moment there was misunderstanding and blundering.
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson
