misunderstand

/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd/ verb [T] (past tense and past participle misunderstood)

Translation

› to not understand someone or something correctly

yanlış/ters anlamak

He misunderstood the question completely.2262

be misunderstood › If someone is misunderstood, other people do not understand that they have good qualities.

yanlış anlaşılmak; iyi/doğru anlaşılmamak

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(Definition of misunderstand verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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