This seemed like a simple misunderstanding, but his experience with other aliens led him to think it probably wasn't.

The guy backed off, holding up his hands like it was a simple misunderstanding.

In reality, a possible source may have been a simple misunderstanding.

Part of the opposition is based on simple misunderstanding.

Having your entire education and intelligence called into question for a simple misunderstanding is all part of that process.

And maybe the missing 15 minutes was a simple misunderstanding.

It had been a simple misunderstanding, fortunately averted in time.

I think most of it has to do with a simple misunderstanding - but we'll get to that in a minute.

Here again, he concludes that there is a simple misunderstanding of language.

If it is a simple misunderstanding as to fact then the expert will usually be willing to change the report.