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Verb (present participle) Misunderstanding or misinterpreting (something) not understanding misunderstanding misapprehending misconceiving misconstruing misidentifying miscomprehending misperceiving misinterpreting misknowing misreading mistaking misthinking mistranslating missing the point not registering mixing up muddling up not getting not getting the point getting hold of the wrong end of the stick miscalculating misjudging confounding confusing misgauging erring mismeasuring misreckoning misdeeming missing misapplying misestimating failing taking wrongly getting your lines crossed about taking something amiss getting wrong getting the wrong idea getting wrong impression getting the wrong impression getting the wrong idea about getting signals crossed receiving a false impression getting it wrong putting a wrong interpretation on getting signals mixed getting the wrong end of the stick underrating miscounting underestimating undervaluing taking something the wrong way blundering overestimating overvaluing estimating wrongly overrating slipping up misrepresenting stumbling judging incorrectly overlooking dropping the ball missing by a mile messing up making a mistake boobing blowing going wrong getting the wrong impression about having wrong impression garbling failing to appreciate mishearing getting a false impression of taking out of context making a wrong interpretation of getting your lines crossed getting your wires crossed conflating miscategorizing misconjecturing getting the wrong end of the stick about barking up wrong tree jumping to the wrong conclusion about coming to hasty conclusion misclassifying mischaracterizing mislabelling misdiagnosing mislabeling discounting disregarding calculating wrongly making an error making a boo-boo making a mistake about making a howler taking for wrongly diagnosing misinterpreting as mistaking for confusing with confounding with incorrectly diagnosing taking offence taking offense taking exception taking umbrage mixing up with perverting distorting “Yet the historian does not feel provoked enough to indict him for failing to understand what forces the destructive potential of mobs and crowds.” Find more words! 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