English edit

Etymology edit

mis- +‎ comprehension

Noun edit

miscomprehension (countable and uncountable, plural miscomprehensions)

  1. An incorrect understanding of something.
    Teachers testing with informal reading inventories (selected because of comprehension difficulty unrelated to word recognition) were asked to give explanations for the miscomprehensions of their students.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Oxford English Dictionary