Usually means: Failure to convey intended message.
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  1. miscommunication: Merriam-Webster
  2. miscommunication: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. miscommunication: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. miscommunication: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Miscommunication, miscommunication: Wordnik
  6. miscommunication: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. miscommunication: Wiktionary
  8. miscommunication: Dictionary.com
  9. Miscommunication: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. miscommunication: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. miscommunication, miscommunication: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (miscommunication)

▸ noun:  An interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired.

Similar:
malcommunication, misinteraction, mismessage, misnotification, mismessaging, miswording, misconstruction, undercommunication, misexchange, misinterpretation, more...

Opposite:
clear communication

Types:
misunderstanding, confusion, lack of clarity, ambiguity, more...

Phrases:
miscommunication of feelings, more...

Adjectives:
female, cultural, such, intercultural, much, potential, simple, serious, possible, sexual, further

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Similar:
malcommunication, misinteraction, mismessage, misnotification, mismessaging, miswording, misconstruction, undercommunication, misexchange, misinterpretation, more...

Opposite:
clear communication

Types:
misunderstanding, confusion, lack of clarity, ambiguity, more...

Phrases:
miscommunication of feelings, more...

Adjectives:
female, cultural, such, intercultural, much, potential, simple, serious, possible, sexual, further

Colors:
    gray,     mauve,     olive,     taupe,     beige, more...



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