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misunderstood

misunderstood

4 3.7
Other people take the wrong meaning from what someone says or does
  • adjective
  • /ˌmɪsʌndərˈstʊd/
translation icon : malinterpretado
  • She felt misunderstood by her friends when they didn't support her interests.
  • just misunderstood
  • very misunderstood
  • so misunderstood

So I think one of the most misunderstood words here is power.

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Examples

  • Bronies say they're a misunderstood lot who've gotten a bad rap from the media.

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  • It was clear to Smoke's father, a hardworking banker, that his son was unusually bright and misunderstood.

    Academic text (2003)
  • And I was like, I felt very misunderstood in the comments.

  • These folks are misunderstood, and then you can get through to them.

  • And I feel like they are so misunderstood in so many ways.

  • Alcohol is perhaps one of the most misunderstood sleep aids that there is out there.

  • But a misunderstood statistical test, used without a real understanding of what statistics is about, is immediately believed.

    Blog text (15)
  • What is really sad is that mental illness is still so misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated.

    Blog text (23)
  • For me, I'm empathetic to being misunderstood, not combative.

  • What you're feelin' right now, Freddy, friendless, angry, nervous, misunderstood, this is it, this is the life.

Synonyms

misrepresented
vsmisunderstood
5.6

Shown in a false way that gives people the wrong idea

is interpreted incorrectly by others rather than being actively distorted

Antonyms

Accepted without being said or written

How Understood

misunderstood
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Surface Forms

misunderstood positive

Morphology

misunderstood = misunderstand (transparent) = mis + understand + ed

Formed from the verb 'misunderstand' with the past-participle/ adjectival '-ed'; meaning 'wrongly understood' follows directly from 'mis-' + 'understand'.

Etymology

Misunderstood combines the prefix mis- ('wrong') and understand ('to get' or 'know' what someone means). So if someone is misunderstood, people have 'got' their meaning 'wrong' and did not understand them correctly.