misunderstood

In a sentence

Six example sentences with misunderstood, each labelled with its topic.

• The rookie misunderstood the coach's hand signal and cut to the corner while everyone else cleared the opposite side.

  Basketball

• We misunderstood the ferry timetable, arrived at noon for a boat that had sailed at dawn, and waited overnight.

  Travel

• The choir misunderstood the marking and sang the passage softly when the conductor had wanted it heavy and slow.

  Music

• The result was misunderstood for years, read as proof of a new particle when it showed only a faulty detector.

  Science

• The recipe's instruction to fold was misunderstood, and the beaten whites were stirred flat before the cake went in.

  Cooking

• The clause was widely misunderstood, and tenants believed it banned pets when it only required a deposit.

  Law

Found in these word lists

• Business Word List (part 1)Authoritative

Each source is a published word list that contains misunderstood. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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