Usually means: Incorrect interpretation of information exchanged.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word misunderstanding:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. misunderstanding: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. misunderstanding: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misunderstanding: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. misunderstanding: Collins English Dictionary
  5. misunderstanding: Vocabulary.com
  6. Misunderstanding, misunderstanding: Wordnik
  7. misunderstanding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. misunderstanding: Wiktionary
  9. misunderstanding: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. misunderstanding: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. misunderstanding: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Misunderstanding, misunderstanding: Dictionary.com
  13. misunderstanding: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Misunderstanding (Al B. Sure! song), Misunderstanding (Genesis song), Misunderstanding, The Misunderstanding: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Misunderstanding: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. misunderstanding: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. misunderstanding: Rhymezone
  18. misunderstanding: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. misunderstanding: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. misunderstanding: Free Dictionary
  21. misunderstanding: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. misunderstanding: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Misunderstanding (Genesis song), misunderstanding: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misunderstanding: Encyclopedia

(Note: See misunderstand as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
noun:  A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

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