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misunderstood

[ mis-uhn-der-stood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

misunderstood

/ ˌmɪsʌndəˈstʊd /

not properly or sympathetically understood
a misunderstood adolescent
a misunderstood work of art

First recorded in 1585–95; mis- ¹ + understood

I later told my boss about what had happened, but she told me that I probably misunderstood the situation.

As a professed bi-sexual, Evans is misunderstood by those who find her choices offensive.

Not only are the Vikings completely misunderstood, he argues, but they may have saved Europe.

Smiths fandom was an once small and semi-exclusive club, reserved for the clever, literary, and misunderstood teenager.

But despite how common it is, HPV is still deeply misunderstood and, as a result, stigmatized.

But what blame to her if she misunderstood the question, if she read in it the very words her heart was longing to hear from him?

Woman is a saintly and noble creature, but almost always misunderstood, and nearly always misjudged because she is misunderstood.

Unless this double mainspring is known, the conduct of Catherine de' Medici will remain forever misunderstood.

The following can hardly be understood at all, but in its original condition it is so clear that it cannot be misunderstood.

His pleading eye was too obvious to be misunderstood, and by questioning the child, the whole was soon explained.

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