Definition of Misunderstood

1. Adjective. Wrongly understood. "A misunderstood question"

Similar to: Ununderstood

Definition of Misunderstood

1. Verb. (past of misunderstand) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misunderstood

1. misunderstand [v] - See also: misunderstand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misunderstood

mistypes
mistyping
misunderestimate
misunderestimated
misunderestimates
misunderestimating
misunderestimation
misunderestimations
misunderstand
misunderstandable
misunderstander
misunderstanders
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misunion
misunions
misusage
misusages
misuse
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misuser
misusers
misuses
misusest
misuseth
misusing
misust
misutilization

Literary usage of Misunderstood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Child Study and Child Training by William Byron Forbush (1915)
"TOPIC I INSTANCES OF MISUNDERSTANDING AND OF BEING Misunderstood Throughout the earlier chapters we were continually noticing how children were wronged ..."

2. "The Kingdom of God is Within You": Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion by Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black Garnett (1894)
"... CHAPTER HI CHRISTIANITY Misunderstood BY BELIEVERS Meaning of Christian doctrine, understood by a minority, has become completely incomprehensible for ..."

3. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"Scholastic use of the terms "analogy" and "analogical" explained: analogical perfections of God misunderstood. 22. God intelligent, wise, and good, ..."

4. The Works of George Berkeley ...: Including His Posthumous Works; with by George Berkeley (1901)
"Scholastic use of the terms ' analogy ' and ' analogical ' explained : analogical perfections of God misunderstood. 22. God intelligent, wise, and good, ..."

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