MISUNDERSTANDING

[noun]His ridiculous comments were obviously based on a complete misunderstanding of the situation. [C]There must be some misunderstanding. I never asked for these chairs to be delivered. [C]The inventor of Esperanto hoped that his artificial language would help reduce misunderstanding between nations. [U]Sometimes a misunderstanding is a disagreement, argument or fight."How did you get your black eye?" "Oh, I had a little misunderstanding with someone at a football match."