misunderstanding
/mɪsˌʌn·dərˈstæn·dɪŋ/ n [C/U]Definition
› a failure to understand, or an argument resulting from the failure of two people or two sides to understand each other: [C] The whole thing was just a misunderstanding, he said, as he had no intention of breaking into the middle of the line (= standing in the middle of a line of people instead of standing behind the last person in the line).
(Definition of misunderstanding n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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