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misunderstood

  • adjective
  • mis·un·der·stood
  • /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstʊd/

Not comprehended correctly.

Other meanings

  1. Not viewed with sympathy and understanding despite warranting it.

Related words

  • misunderstoodness

Example sentences

  • “Maybe I misunderstood what he said.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “misunderstood” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.