Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
wrongly understood;
- Example: "a misunderstood criticism"- Example: "a misunderstood question"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Misunderstand \Mis*un`der*stand"\
(m[i^]s*[u^]n`d[~e]r*st[a^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Misunderstood (m[i^]s*[u^]n`d[~e]r*st[oo^]d"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Misunderstanding.]
To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a
wrong sense.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
misunderstood
adj 1: wrongly understood; "a misunderstood criticism"; "a
misunderstood question"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "misunderstood":
catachrestic, despised, disliked, distorted, eisegetical, garbled,
lowly, misapprehended, misconceived, misconstrued, misinterpreted,
misprized, misread, mistaken, out of favor, perverted, thankless,
unappreciated, uncared-for, unlamented, unmissed, unmourned,
unpopular, unregretted, unsung, unvalued