miscommunicated

Failed to convey

Miscommunicated is the past tense of miscommunicate—to fail to convey a message clearly or to be misunderstood: I miscommunicated the meeting time and half the team showed up late.

The failure can lie with the sender, the receiver, or both.

Something miscommunicated may be unclear, incomplete, or interpreted differently than intended.

misunderstanding

misinterpreted

Understood incorrectly

misconstruedIncorrectly understood another's meaning
misunderstoodIncorrectly comprehended
misreadInterpret text incorrectly

misheard · misperceived · mistaken · misjudged · misapprehended · misconception · misinterpretation · mixed signals · crossed wires · lost in translation

distortion

misrepresented

Conveyed inaccurately or deceptively

twistedWound around itself
skewedAsymmetrically shifted
exaggeratedMade larger than reality

falsified · manipulated · warped · altered · corrupted · perverted · embellished · overstated · understated · spun

breakdown

failed

Did not succeed

botchedPoorly executed, spoiled
bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
fumbledHandled awkwardly, dropped

flubbed · blundered · misfired · disconnected · interrupted · disrupted · dropped · lost · scrambled · static

repair

clarify

Make something understandable

correctFree from error
rephraseExpress differently
restateExpress again differently

explain · clear up · rectify · amend · apologize · reconcile · resolve · address · untangle · sort out

Opposites

clarity and accuracy of expression

miscommunicatedclarified

Made understandable

elucidated · spelled out · made clear · got across · enunciated

mutual understanding

miscommunicatedunderstood

Grasped the meaning

got through · connected · reached · resonated · registered

Family

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Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G