What is "misunderstand"

Usage examples of "misunderstand".

On account of the isolation of Russia, and the misunderstanding arising therefrom, it also is not affiliated with the Communist Congress of Moscow.

He has misunderstood because his mind was not prepared by making the proper apperceiving ideas explicit.

In 1847 he had hopes of the consulship at Canton, but Bowring wanted it for himself, and a misunderstanding over this led to an inevitable break of old friendship.

Seven-Up and a warm smile that hints she can be as sympathetic to misunderstood husbands as to browbeaten wives.

News-Picture-of-the-Month award from the AP for a photograph -of Knight Horsey de Ia Chevaux in full uniform formally-surrendering his ceremonial sword to Captain Grogarty of the riot squad following a misunderstanding at the OooLa-La Show Bar.

This had to be a cultural misunderstanding of stupendous, humongous, proportions.

Any feud between Marle and Kendler had been dependent upon misunderstanding, as Cardona reasoned it.

She was struck with horror at our conversation, the latter part only of which she heard, and of course misapplied and misunderstood.

I need only touch on the common modes of misunderstanding or misapplying the evidence of nature.

I think the reason why it is so often misconceived and misunderstood is because of the fact that it is a narrow path and is followed whole-heartedly by few.

Rational despotism--that is, selective despotism--is always a curse to mankind, because with that you have the ordinary man misunderstood and misgoverned by some prig who has no brotherly respect for him at all.

For a moment, Nancy thought she had misheard, or certainly misunderstood her sister.

He said angrily that in that case our Fathers must have misunderstood each other, for his had very clearly recieved the impression from mine that I would look upon such a proposal favourably.

This misunderstanding was explained at the congress of Geneva by the statement that the interaction of the social and telluric environment is required also in the case of the born criminal.

Many persons pressed up to Theos, and shaking hands with him, offered their eager excuses and apologies for the misunderstanding that had lately taken place, explaining with much animation both of look and gesture, that the fact of his wearing the same style of dress as themselves had induced them to take it for granted that he must be one of their fellow-citizens, and therefore subject to the laws of the realm.