How to Use misunderstanding in a Sentence

misunderstanding

noun

• We had our little misunderstandings in the past but we managed to clear them up long ago.
• Her comments reflect a misunderstanding of the basic problem.
• The instructions are carefully written in order to avoid misunderstanding.
• The misunderstanding comes on the heels of two deadly mass shootings in as many weeks in the U.S.
  — Fox News, 29 May 2022
• The case was closed in what police said may have been sparked by a misunderstanding.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2022
• There is a lot of misunderstanding out there about 80/20.
  — Dave Philippi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• And Mars just shows a deep misunderstanding of how all of this stuff works, and the countless things that make Earth perfect for human life.
  — WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022
• If your emotions get in the way of reason, a misunderstanding will spin out of control.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
• All-out war among the women is the result of what should’ve been a minor misunderstanding.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• The next few weeks are sure to be a slightly confusing and full of missteps and misunderstandings.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
• That belief, however, turned out to be the misunderstanding at the center of the pair’s struggle.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
• This can be as small as picking up the phone to diffuse any kind of tension or misunderstanding.
  — Marieke Flament, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• And so that comes with a lot of trauma, a lot of misunderstanding, a lot of unresolved feelings that men have to carry and still be able to hold the fort down.
  — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
• One of my favorite moments of the season is the misunderstanding with Mike’s phone call that Daniel overhears.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Time, 14 Sep. 2022
• For the most part, emoji misunderstandings are worth a chuckle or two.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
• This claim is built on a misunderstanding of the science of climate change and what Einstein discussed.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2022
• So there were misunderstandings within the group and Rahiem felt man enough to apologize.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2023
• There are plenty of misunderstandings about crime and how it’s measured in the U.S. Are the two statements accurate?
  — Journal Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2024
• And just in case there is any misunderstanding, Oscar will not be there either.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• Despite the men’s claims of a misunderstanding, Hemmeler has not withdrawn her calls for the two to resign from the council.
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 19 Oct. 2022
• There was a slight misunderstanding about the actress who played Emily Binx.
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2022
• The millionaire later claimed not to have made the post and called it a frustrating misunderstanding.
  — Fox News, 27 Dec. 2022
• By that point, there was enough trust that the misunderstanding did little from the White House perspective to hurt the relationship.
  — Josh Boak, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
• This could partially be due to the larger misunderstanding of what PR is.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 1 Sep. 2024
• And that just was based on a complete misunderstanding of Ukraine and the nature of Ukrainian society.
  — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 26 Mar. 2022
• But this is a method which has led in the past to misunderstandings of a most lurid nature, to people being driven insane with fear, and even to shooting tragedies.
  — Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
• Richardson blamed it all on a misunderstanding and haste.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• The misunderstanding stems from having a standard point of view when in fact one needs to use a different paradigm or even part of the brain to approach it.
  — Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
• Modern art has a history of misunderstandings and mishaps.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
• So many depictions of the South feel inauthentic and often based on misunderstanding.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024