Usually means: Incorrectly interpreted or not understood.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word misunderstood:

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  1. misunderstood: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misunderstood: Merriam-Webster
  3. misunderstood: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. misunderstood: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. misunderstood: Collins English Dictionary
  6. misunderstood: Vocabulary.com
  7. Misunderstood, misunderstood: Wordnik
  8. misunderstood: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. misunderstood: Wiktionary
  10. misunderstood: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. misunderstood: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. misunderstood: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Misunderstood, misunderstood: Dictionary.com
  14. misunderstood: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Misunderstood (Bon Jovi song), Misunderstood (Robbie Williams song), Misunderstood (album), Misunderstood, The Misunderstood: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Misunderstood: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. misunderstood: Rhymezone
  18. misunderstood: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. misunderstood: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. misunderstood: FreeDictionary.org
  21. misunderstood: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. misunderstood: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. misunderstood: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misunderstood: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Misunderstood: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Not comprehended correctly.
▸ adjective:  Not viewed with sympathy and understanding despite warranting it.

Similar:
ununderstood, abused, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, nonunderstood, uncomprehended, ununderstanding, unapprehended, nonunderstandable, more...

Opposite:
understood, clear, comprehended, grasped

Types:
lost in translation, twisted words, more...

Phrases:
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, The Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood, feared and misunderstood, misunderstood due to lack of knowledge, more...

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Similar:
ununderstood, abused, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, nonunderstood, uncomprehended, ununderstanding, unapprehended, nonunderstandable, more...

Opposite:
understood, clear, comprehended, grasped

Types:
lost in translation, twisted words, more...

Phrases:
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, The Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood, feared and misunderstood, misunderstood due to lack of knowledge, intentionally misunderstood, misunderstood by many others, more...

Colors:
    gray,     mauve,     teal,     indigo,     olive, more...



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