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Misunderstood

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Past tense and past participle of misunderstand.

adj. Incorrectly understood or interpreted.

adj. Not appreciated or given sympathetic understanding: a sorely misunderstood child.

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v. Simple past tense and past participle of misunderstand.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. wrongly understood

Word Usage

"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."

Verb Form

misunderstanding misunderstands misunderstood

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

see interpret construe

Variant

misunderstood

Form

misunderstood misunderstanding

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

misconceive mistake miscomprehend misconstrue misknow misapprehend misperceive

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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