The phrase "distorted understanding" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an understanding of a topic that is incorrect or could have a negative interpretation. For example: His distorted understanding of the issue led him to arrive at an incorrect conclusion.
Broadly defined, false consciousness refers to a distorted understanding of one's class identity and interest.
The result is a more or less partial and distorted understanding, necessarily skewed by interest.
For one thing, composers from outside the field often have a distorted understanding of what opera actually is.
Croix had a seriously distorted understanding of their religion, and Catholic officials said it would be wrong to brand Rastafarianism as anti-Catholic.
The problem was "a lack of self-discipline", a heady pursuit of profit, bad regulation and a distorted understanding of risk.
Political Survivors argues that Cold War dogma and acrimony, tied to a distorted understanding of WWII's chief atrocities, overshadowed the humanitarian possibilities of the nascent anti-concentration camp movement as Europe confronted the violent decolonizing struggles of the 1950s.
The Protestant reformers were concerned with matters of doctrine and viewed the condition and practices of contemporary Christendom as the disfiguring outcrop of distorted understandings of God, humankind, and salvation.
Although many of these criticisms rest on an incomplete or distorted understandings of Dewey's thought there are also many that should be answered by anyone who seeks to carry on Dewey's legacy.
Multicultural perspectives are providing more-comprehensive and less-distorted understandings of history, literature, the arts, and the social sciences.
DeVries and his colleagues, Preston notes, not only raised expectations about the heart but also distorted public understanding of medical experiments.
As the President made clear, this is a false dichotomy that has seriously distorted public understanding.
