Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Incorrectly understood or interpreted.
- adjective Not appreciated or given sympathetic understanding.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
misunderstand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective wrongly understood
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Examples
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KV: We didn't actually intend it to be a huge banner .. it was suppose to be a tiny little comment on the side .. and our label misunderstood our intentions for that.
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"At the same time, we've raised holdings in financials stocks to benefit from attractive prices in what we call 'misunderstood' assets in the sector."
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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On Monday's Mad Money, Cramer looked at the case of Amazon which he described as a misunderstood and underestimated stock.
unknown title 2009
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On Monday's Mad Money, Cramer looked at the case of Amazon which he described as a misunderstood and underestimated stock.
unknown title 2009
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Tate Britain "misunderstood" a piece of art it took out of a show to avoid religious offence, its creator said.
Archive 2005-09-25 Laban 2005
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Tate Britain "misunderstood" a piece of art it took out of a show to avoid religious offence, its creator said.
Here We Go Again Laban 2005
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You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
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You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
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You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
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You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
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