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What does misunderstand mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
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Some farmers misunderstand what they are supposed to do such as, trimming a hedge when the plan said to coppice it.
To misunderstand it is to misread the bold signs of what will be the great historical markers our time.
He tended to mishear or misunderstand things people said to him, and to jump off one emotional cliff or another several times a day.
In both cases, they miss the point and misunderstand the man's track record.
Non-Americans, however, misunderstand the true source of our ignorance about them, which only furthers our mutual estrangement.
Authorities despise him, people misunderstand him and villains continuously plot to get rid of him.

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