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# misunderstood

«misunderstood» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past of misunderstand: understood wrongly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (past and past participle of misunderstand); adjective (misunderstood)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Misunderstood is the past of misunderstand: understood wrongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#m1)

2) A misunderstood person or thing is one people judge wrongly or do not really understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a misunderstood character (like a lonely giant or a "monster") is not bad; others just do not understand them. In science, sharks, bats and spiders are often called misunderstood animals because people fear them more than they should.

### examples

- I misunderstood the homework and did the wrong page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#x1)
- Bats are misunderstood animals; they eat lots of insects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#x2)
- The giant in the story was lonely and misunderstood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#x3)
- She felt misunderstood by her friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#x4)
- He had misunderstood the rules of the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#x5)
- The message was misunderstood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#x6)
- I do not wish to be misunderstood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/#x7)

### note

Same form for past simple and past participle: "I misunderstood", "I have misunderstood". Never "misunderstanded".

### In the corpora

- [Children who never greet or answer adults are often misunderstood as rude or upset, even when they are only shy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/20/)
- [Messages can be saved, shared and misunderstood, so you never send what you would not say face to face.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/19/)
- [Things heard half through a door are often misunderstood and can be more frightening than the truth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misunderstood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.