misunderstood
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˌmɪsʌndərˈstʊd/
- She felt misunderstood by her friends when they didn't support her interests.
- just misunderstood
- very misunderstood
- so misunderstood
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Watch on YouTubeSo I think one of the most misunderstood words here is power.
- So I think one of the most misunderstood words here is power.
- These folks are misunderstood, and then you can get through to them.
- And I feel like they are so misunderstood in so many ways.
- Yeah, it's a theme is something that is misunderstood by a percentage of people.
- And, and actually a lot of a lot of fathers are misunderstood because.
- How would you describe trauma and why is it so misunderstood even though it's so widespread?
- But CCC is misunderstood in a lot of ways.
- I felt so misunderstood and I had so few people in my life.
- He seems like a sweetheart, if not a bit misunderstood.
Examples
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Bronies say they're a misunderstood lot who've gotten a bad rap from the media.
Blog text (22) -
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.
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These folks are misunderstood, and then you can get through to them.
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And I feel like they are so misunderstood in so many ways.
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Alcohol is perhaps one of the most misunderstood sleep aids that there is out there.
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But a misunderstood statistical test, used without a real understanding of what statistics is about, is immediately believed.
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What is really sad is that mental illness is still so misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated.
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For me, I'm empathetic to being misunderstood, not combative.
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What you're feelin' right now, Freddy, friendless, angry, nervous, misunderstood, this is it, this is the life.
Synonyms
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Shown in a false way that gives people the wrong idea
Antonyms
How Understood
Surface Forms
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.