misunderstanding UK /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/US /ˌmɪsʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/ noun2 •a wrong idea of what someone meant or of what something isThe worst distance between two people is misunderstanding. - Thoughtkick •A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.It was only months and months afterwards, when I made the attempt to recover what was left of the body, that I heard the original quarrel arose from a misunderstanding about some hens. — 1899 formsmisunderstandings