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misunderstood - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Incorrectly understood or interpreted.
adjective Not appreciated or given sympathetic understanding.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
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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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.
Phrack Issue #32 (Crimson Death Returns) 1990
"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
On Monday's Mad Money, Cramer looked at the case of Amazon which he described as a misunderstood and underestimated stock.
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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.
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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
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
You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
Cinder block vs brick 2009
You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
Cinder block vs brick 2009
You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
Cinder block vs brick 2009
You have misunderstood from the start and for some odd reason taken it personally.
Cinder block vs brick 2009
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