fail to see/understand
idiom
: to not understand
—often used when someone does not agree with something
I fail to see/understand why we need to change the current system.
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For one, the topic is steeped in minutia, involving complexities that even many financial advisors fail to understand fully.
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Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
What Trump and Bondi fail to understand is the apolitical nature of criminal prosecution.
—Barbara McQuade Bloomberg Opinion, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
What most people fail to understand is that the American identity will forever also be the Black American identity.
—Davon Loeb, Parents, 15 Feb. 2025
What these arguments fail to understand is that DEI protections were put in place for certain groups because of historically discriminatory hiring practices and to course-correct toxic, racist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, and sexist workplaces.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
What Trump and Bondi fail to understand is the apolitical nature of criminal prosecution.
—Barbara McQuade Bloomberg Opinion, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2025
What most people fail to understand is that the American identity will forever also be the Black American identity.
—Davon Loeb, Parents, 15 Feb. 2025
What these arguments fail to understand is that DEI protections were put in place for certain groups because of historically discriminatory hiring practices and to course-correct toxic, racist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, and sexist workplaces.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Fail to see/understand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fail%20to%20see%2Funderstand. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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