Usually means: Incorrectly interprets someone's words, intentions.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word misunderstands:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. misunderstands: Merriam-Webster
  2. misunderstands: Collins English Dictionary
  3. misunderstands: Vocabulary.com
  4. misunderstands: Wordnik
  5. misunderstands: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. misunderstands: Wiktionary
  7. misunderstands: Dictionary.com
  8. misunderstands: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. misunderstands: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misunderstands: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misunderstand)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
▸ Also see misunderstand




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