"miscommunication" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: miscommunications [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + communication. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|communication}} mis- + communication Head templates: {{en-noun}} miscommunication (plural miscommunications)
  1. An interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired. Related terms: miscommunicate Translations (interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired): 誤解 (Chinese Cantonese), 误解 (ng⁶ gaai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 誤會 (Chinese Cantonese), 误会 (ng⁶ wui⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 誤解 (Chinese Mandarin), 误解 (wùjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 誤會 (Chinese Mandarin), 误会 (wùhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), miscommunicatie [feminine] (Dutch), väärinkäsitys (Finnish), väärinymmärrys (Finnish), kommunikointivirhe (note: not as common) (Finnish), mécommunication [feminine] (French), Fehlkommunikation [feminine] (German), Misskommunikation [feminine] (German), félreértés (Hungarian), téves/félreérthető kommunikáció (Hungarian), ミスコミュニケーション (Japanese), 미스커뮤니케이션 (miseukeomyunikeisyeon) (Korean), błąd komunikacyjny [masculine] (Polish), недопонима́ние (nedoponimánije) [neuter] (Russian), kommunikationsfel [neuter] (Swedish), missförstånd [neuter] (Swedish), yanlış anlaşılma (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "誤解"
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          "roman": "ng⁶ gaai²",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "誤會"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "ng⁶ wui⁶",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "误会"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "誤解"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wùjiě",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "誤會"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wùhuì",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "误会"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miscommunicatie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "väärinkäsitys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "väärinymmärrys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "not as common",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "kommunikointivirhe"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Misskommunikation"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "félreértés"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "téves/félreérthető kommunikáció"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "ミスコミュニケーション"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "miseukeomyunikeisyeon",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "미스커뮤니케이션"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "błąd komunikacyjny"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nedoponimánije",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "недопонима́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kommunikationsfel"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "missförstånd"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
          "word": "yanlış anlaşılma"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "誤解"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ng⁶ gaai²",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "误解"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "誤會"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ng⁶ wui⁶",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "误会"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "誤解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùjiě",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "误解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "誤會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùhuì",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "误会"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miscommunicatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "väärinkäsitys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "väärinymmärrys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "not as common",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "kommunikointivirhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mécommunication"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fehlkommunikation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Misskommunikation"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "félreértés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "téves/félreérthető kommunikáció"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "ミスコミュニケーション"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "miseukeomyunikeisyeon",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "미스커뮤니케이션"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "błąd komunikacyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedoponimánije",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "недопонима́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kommunikationsfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "missförstånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired",
      "word": "yanlış anlaşılma"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miscommunication"
}

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