Does misunderstood mean misunderstood? At this point in time and in my opinion, to politics, I see no need of a reason on this point.
Misunderstood pretty much means understood incorrectly– by the same logic, would mistaken means taken incorrectly?
How should one approach a problem of short-term interest?
A conclusion can’t be reached by definition. From Merriam-Webster’s closest definition :
Mistake ( verb )
2. a : I missunderstand the meaning or intention of
Mistaka for a prefix. luckily it’s etymology entry provides a useful origin: from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse Mistaka “take in error,
miscarry” Now we can safely say that the mis – prefix loosely means
“__ in error. “So realizing that understood was misunderstood can be turned into understood in error, the same rule can be applied to wrong: taken in error.
