verb
- to fail to understand something correctly; to interpret wrongly
Examples
- I think you misunderstood what I meant.
- She misunderstood the directions and went the wrong way.
- Don't misunderstand me—I'm not criticizing your work.
- He completely misunderstood her intentions.
- It's easy to misunderstand someone's tone in a text message.
- The students misunderstood the assignment requirements.
- I hope I didn't misunderstand your question.