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Synonyms for misunderstood
ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstʊdmis·un·der·stood

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  1. misunderstoodadjective

    wrongly understood

    "a misunderstood criticism"; "a misunderstood question"

    Antonyms:
    understood

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  1. List of paraphrases for "misunderstood":

    misinterpreted, misconstrued, alienated

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  1. Tammy Faye:

    I think I have a lot in common with the gay population because they've been made fun of and put down and misunderstood and have really had a rough row to hoe in life, they identify with me and I certainly identify with what they're still going through.

  2. Republican Miami Mayor Francis Suarez:

    For years, Democratic leaders misunderstood the Hispanic community as a monolithic one, which it is not. In both parties, for any leader of the future, it would be key to be able to understand this community, the number one minority in the nation, and to be able to speak to them.

  3. Richard Spencer:

    They think they have shut this down, but they haven't, i will give a speech on their campus. It is a public place. I think Auburn Police Department is naive and has totally misunderstood who I am if they think that I am going to politely back out of this. I will be there 100 percent.

  4. Pope Francis:

    I was supposed to meet him on June 14 in Jerusalem, to talk about our affairs. But with the war, by mutual agreement, we decided to postpone the meeting to a later date, so that our dialogue was not misunderstood.

  5. Richard Milhous Nixon:

    No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.


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