miscommunication

British  

/ ˌmɪskəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. a failure to communicate accurately

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Example Sentences

In the compressed world of a 988 call, in which both counselor and caller are strangers with little information to go on besides the words they exchange, the potential for miscommunication is high.

From Los Angeles Times

Hours later he said his earlier conclusion was based on miscommunication.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a post on X later Thursday night, Malone said: Regarding dissolving the ACIP, “I have now been told that this was a miscommunication, and in fact the decision about how to proceed has not been made.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Even as they profess admiration for one another’s work, Ruth, Jay and Leigh sink into a bog of miscommunication and antagonism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Software reproduces the assumptions and biases of those who create it, and when those biases have been formed at a physical distance, in different nations and cultures, the potential for failure and miscommunication is even greater.

From Salon