misunderstands in English

verb
1
fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly.
he had misunderstood the policeman's hand signals
synonyms:misapprehendmisinterpretmisconstruemisconceivemistakemisreadbe mistakenget the wrong ideareceive a false impressionbe barking up the wrong treemiss the boat
verb

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1. At times, he misinterprets and even misunderstands men and their actions.

2. Her company misunderstands loyalty as forced conformity to the majority opinion.

3. However, Li Xin misunderstands that she will elope with Li L ü.

4. The world sometimes misunderstands the idea of Childlike faith, thinking that Christians are Childlike because they believe in myths and fairytales

5. Ahistorical (adjective) lacking historical perspective or context "Ahistorical nostalgia that misunderstands cultural history" Unhistorical (adjective) not in accordance with history or with historical analysis "there is a good deal of unhistorical thinking where the European Community is concerned"