How To Use Misunderstood In A Sentence

There was once a moment,we misunderstood it was a lifetime.
Fashanu will give Jones, who he believes is one of soccer's most misunderstood men, a glowing character reference.
These apparent discrepancies in visual behaviour can easily be misunderstood.
A speech-impeded or misunderstood/misspelled besmirchment of character “Yo mama, she a slub.” Regretsy – I Don’t
Another bonus, and I hope I won't get misunderstood: while you're in trance, your avie has the most stupid expression ever, like she'll start drooling in just a second ... Get me excited about 'XCite'

She wanted to free the Haluk — those highly intelligent, extremely numerous, misunderstood aliens — from the allomorphism that had so tragically hindered their progress. Perseus Spur
The cost of capital is widely misunderstood.
Perhaps the phrase "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good" are more than the words of an often despised and misunderstood singer. Michael Gilmour: Yusuf Islam, Salman Rushdie And Censorship
They have simply misunderstood what rock and roll is.
HD is a widely misunderstood condition: symptoms include involuntary muscular movements, memory lapses and mood changes. Times, Sunday Times
He expressed a natural amazement that the lines should have been so grossly misunderstood, and defended them as being ‘one of the strongest forms of obtestation, of adjuring God to show mercy, by all His grace, and truth, and love.’ The Hymns of Methodism in their Literary Relations
The reference to emoluments has been misunderstood as four times salary, when in fact it's much more.
Anti-censorship feminism is often very misunderstood and mislabelled and I would recommend this book to anyone, whatever their stance.
He stands by his often misunderstood methods. Times, Sunday Times
I completely misunderstood her intentions.
Friday's letter, however, states that Thomas actually did report the sources of his wife's income until 1997, therefore heightening the inference that the justice had not "misunderstood the reporting instructions," as he asserted in January when he filed seven pages of addenda correcting his omissions over a six-year period. Clarence Thomas Assailed For Alleged Ethical Lapses By More House Dems
They have simply misunderstood what rock and roll is.
They have misunderstood the nature of the club. Times, Sunday Times
a misunderstood criticism
y'all: contraction of "you all," a more musical, streamlined, unisyllabic take on the 2nd person plural than the northern phonetic catastrophe "you'ze guys." but y'all is a sadly misunderstood contraction, all too often torturously overused in fictional settings wherein "southernness" must be conveyed. in fact, y'all is rather more complicated than a mere drawling exercise in vowel manipulation, and only an ignorant yankee would treat it as such. Cherie puts her M.A. to marginally good use
Hedge funds are still largely misunderstood as investment vehicles.
There was once a moment,we misunderstood it was a lifetime.
Only had to throw one more pitch that inning, but we'll see how he's feeling this inning. or maybe he said "madge" as in Madonna and you misunderstood. referring to cueto facing Ludwick: Viva El Birdos
Hand gestures to indicate the sighting of a hammerhead or a basking shark can easily be misunderstood if they are improvised at the last moment!
Ideologically, the Clinton administration was committed to the idea that most terrorists were misunderstood, had legitimate grievances, and could be appeased, which is why such military action as the administration authorized was so halfhearted, and ineffective, and designed more for 'show' than for honestly eliminating a threat. Archive 2008-08-01
He faced heckles and a series of interventions from anti-hunt MPs as he put his case, arguing that colleagues had misunderstood huntsmen's motives and ignored the benefits their practice brought.
Another depiction is that of the young Aje who is misunderstood by a mother who denies or is incognizant of her daughter's force.
The tricky (and often misunderstood) ending theorizes that trying to remedy the situation with technology could result in heartbreak a million fold. Top 10 Movies of the Decade » Scene-Stealers
I do not think I actually said that, but if you misunderstood me, I apologise.
The plasterers were hindered; the painters misunderstood orders; the paperers have defalcated, and the universe generally comes to a pause. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862
Group maladaptive responses are often misunderstood by leaders and citizens of developed societies, which do not have to contend with all-pervasive societal anxiety.
We didn't lose sleep over whether we'd missed a fact or misunderstood a piece of the evidence.
HD is a widely misunderstood condition: symptoms include involuntary muscular movements, memory lapses and mood changes. Times, Sunday Times
Without Pliny's letter, we would have misunderstood the meaning of Trajan's reply to it. Yet, Hadrian's rescript makes two essential points clear.
Most policemen felt beleaguered and misunderstood, their isolation further deepened by criticism from politicians and the media.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood. Clarence Darrow
Lest I be misunderstood, I am not valorizing one form of cultural production over the other; rather I am noting a paradigmatic shift from resistance to contestation.
With all due respect, I think you've misunderstood what he said.
He had read their criticisms and was sure they simply misunderstood him. Christianity Today
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
But that is only to indicate that the draftspeople of the scheme misunderstood, not just one principle of constitutional law but, perhaps, a second principle as well.
Could you state your position on the referendum, and in what ways have you been misunderstood?
He wasn't misunderstood, he didn't just make some indiscreet comment without thinking.
Equally treacherous is the view that the young have always been inscrutable to adults and have always complained about being misunderstood. The Apocalypse of Adolescence
Parliamentary privilege is an ancient, much misunderstood concept, which I won't go into here.
This feeling of dislocation makes him an ideal writer to disembroil this much misunderstood itinerant world. Times, Sunday Times
The Archbishop opened his lecture by noting importantly that the very term sharia is not only misunderstood, but is the focus of much fear and anxiety deriving from its 'primitivist' application in some contexts. 'Sharia law' - What did the Archbishop actually say?
Shelter from the storm was a basic rule of humanity and yet not to be misunderstood as an invitation.
They can be a great metaphor for any feared, misunderstood, disenfranchised group. Times, Sunday Times
HD is a widely misunderstood condition: symptoms include involuntary muscular movements, memory lapses and mood changes. Times, Sunday Times
They can be a great metaphor for any feared, misunderstood, disenfranchised group. Times, Sunday Times
Whilst I do not disagree with his obvious intended sentiment, his message may have been misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
The argument for free trade is paradoxical and much misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
This supposedly innocent and highly misunderstood young man dragged this heart - sick girl everywhere.
Then she had second thoughts, beginning to wonder if she had misunderstood the sergeant's question. COME AND BE KILLED
Straighten him out; he perhaps misunderstood what I said.
She misunderstood my intent and ruffled my hair. Times, Sunday Times
He shows how frequently this principle is misunderstood by the inexperienced, who seem to think that rubato means breaking the time; whereas true rubato is the _bending_ of the time, but not _breaking_ it. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers
The dreaded cut is feared and widely misunderstood.
A man awakens to find himself in poverty instead of in wealth; his possessions suddenly swept away; or from health, he, or some one whose life is still dearer to him than his own, prostrated with illness; or to find himself unjustly accused or maligned, or misunderstood, or to encounter some other of the myriad phases of what he calls misfortune and tribulation. The Life Radiant
Harriet leaned comfortably over the stonework, looking at it all, and said at length, "If I lived here, with this garden, I should never want to go anywhere else so long as I lived," and then flushed pinkly in case Sieske misunderstood. Politics 101
And what have I read in response: rants against George W.Bush as though he's still in office, self-serving I'm misunderstood, citations of nebulous studies to confirm a personal hatred, more than one response that while espousing disdain of "political correctness", still compeled to toe the line with some of the above drivel. TEXAS FAITH: How can religious leaders keep Fort Hood incident from creating fear, tension and misunderstanding? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
My own journey to what I call missional-ecumenism has followed a path of re-understanding what the church has taught in previous centuries, especially in the early centuries, that began when I plainly began to see that things I misunderstood where the very things I assumed to be correct. John H Armstrong
Either way, I just think that hoarding is so misunderstood. Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother
But Romantics, and modernists after them, needed to believe that genius in its own time is always neglected, misunderstood, etc.
The very opposite of the girl who is misunderstood and undervalued because of her shyness, is the girl who, because of her boldness and independence, her carelessness of speech, hilarity and adventuresomeness is misunderstood. The Girl and Her Religion
Perhaps the phrase "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good" are more than the words of an often despised and misunderstood singer. Michael Gilmour: Yusuf Islam, Salman Rushdie And Censorship
It is probably no coincidence that the issues the Tories are keen to appear concerned about - gay rights, ethnic minority rights, women's rights, saving the planet, international aid, single-motherhood, misunderstood 'yoof' etc, etc - are just the issues which the broadcast media are so very enthusiastic about. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
And partly because she'd misunderstood an instruction booklet. The Sun
HD is a widely misunderstood condition: symptoms include involuntary muscular movements, memory lapses and mood changes. Times, Sunday Times
He was a devoted follower of the teachings of Epicurus—“that pleasure is the beginning and end of living happily”—although I hasten to add that he was an Epicurean not in the commonly misunderstood sense, as a seeker after luxury, but in the true meaning, as a pursuer of what the Greeks call ataraxia, or freedom from disturbance. Imperium
He adds that, while the travel industry bubbles us in resorts, ‘Great swathes of the world are increasingly undervisited, misunderstood and uncelebrated.’
It is easy to imagine them as misunderstood, artsy kids that got beat up by the jocks at their unappreciative high school.
Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. VAMPIRE MANIA AND VAMPIRES GIVEAWAY! | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
I beeline to the bathroom, and Mr. Misunderstood beelines for the bar.
Either somebody has misunderstood your intentions or they're trying to provoke you. Times, Sunday Times
This deeply misunderstood swally has been the bane of Scotland's middle-class chatterati for years. 2010 – a Mourinho of a year, a special one | Kevin McKenna
It is often said by supporters of the EU that it is misunderstood and that it is even the subject of xenophobia.
The point is that in this case the Inspector misunderstood it and misapplied it considering its role in his decision letter.
Winston Churchill and Johnny Cash were fans – damn it, even the Hoff has dabbled in diesel-hydraulic miniatures – so ignore the sniggers, and embrace a weekend devoted to the oft-misunderstood pursuit of model railways. This week's new events
It seems the filmmakers are aiming for a dose of magical realism, dried-out, reconstituted and completely misunderstood.
Could you state your position on the referendum, and in what ways have you been misunderstood?
[BE], but the term amicus curiae, literally ` friend of the court, 'is well established in Britain, and the etymological note could be misunderstood. appeal ` noun an act of appealing against something The U.S. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVI No 1
The first is that the quality of the teams is often misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
Very true, of course, but that a man as intelligent as him, a master contriver of logic games and word puzzles, could have so misunderstood the crux of the play is amazing.
They have misunderstood the nature of the club. Times, Sunday Times
For Chambers, the counts, barons, knights, earls and marquises of this island are not only set apart, but are also misunderstood and misrepresented; they remain a shadowy bunch, unknown to the greater part of the population.
The persecuted, bullied and misunderstood see a kindred spirit.
Are you saying that you never said that, or that you did say it and you were misunderstood?
In this respect, he has been sadly misunderstood and his work misrepresented by his critics.
My concern for their well - being was misunderstood as interference.
About talaq - the most discussed and misunderstood issue of the community - she said that it is not a question of delivering one or three at a time.
Mr. Hill recently bought a 17th-century bronze sculpture of Bacchus and Ceres by this "slightly misunderstood" follower of Giambologna, the 16th-century sculptor. Following the Smart Art Money
They also said that they did not feel comfortable confiding in school authority figures, because the girls believed that their culture was misunderstood or not respected by their teachers and counsellors.
The cost of capital is widely misunderstood.
One of the simplest but most misunderstood rules predicaments on the PGA Tour is a ball that's unplayable, says tour rules official Mark Russell.
All three disastrously misunderstood the novels as metaphysical allegories. Times, Sunday Times
His discoveries helped to protect the much misunderstood grizzly from extinction. Times, Sunday Times
They have completely misunderstood and are being narrow minded. Times, Sunday Times
I told him I'd meet him here, but perhaps he misunderstood and went straight to the pub.
Symbolism of the Templars misunderstood and deemed pantheistical, 818-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Seasonal weather forecasts in particular are misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
The driver had simply misunderstood what he was supposed to do at a checkpoint. Times, Sunday Times
It is one of the most misunderstood conditions in society, leaving sufferers facing prejudice on a daily basis.
The word shamanic, being associated with pawo and nenjom, is likely to be misunderstood in Bhutan without a couple of examples. Kuensel Newspaper
But with kids today more interested in gloomy mortal Bella locking lips with the moody and misunderstood vampire Edward in the “Twilight” books and movies, vampires are no longer slumbering in coffins. VAMPIRE NEWS FOR OCTOBER 4 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
I have apparently misunderstood some instructions from our wine club secretary and failed to pass a menu around.
She's warm and giggly and feels misunderstood by her countrymen.
Hell, I even hesitate to use the adjective "niggardly" -- an absolutely legitimate word dating back to Middle English -- for fear that it and/or I will be misunderstood. To Ban or Not to Ban? A Lesson Taken From J-101 Class
She seemed intent on showing only freaks, thus reinforcing preconceptions about this misunderstood country. Times, Sunday Times
They can be a great metaphor for any feared, misunderstood, disenfranchised group. Times, Sunday Times
They are the much-misunderstood gurus of postmodernists.
The lady herself refers to herself a misunderstood person in a complex world.
Most people were befuddled by or misunderstood Full Metal Jacket and had misapprehended The Shining.
Clearly, Nietzsche's superman philosophy is a type of optimistic view of life but it has always been misunderstood as preaching hero worships and egocentrism.
He's A) misunderstood what "hypothesize" means, B) took my usage of "blasphemous" out of context and C) misread "Massimo Pallottino hypothesized in 1979 that Tarχies refers to Tages ..." to mean that I somehow credit Pallottino "for the origins of the legend of Tages". How debate is done in the hive
My concern for their well - being was misunderstood as interference.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
In order that I not be misunderstood, I think that the alleged offences are serious but their gravity can only be determined after a full trial.
The old woman from across the valley had either not received my note or had misunderstood it. TESTIMONIES
I watched his adolescence, when he was widely misunderstood and landed in trouble for saying things at the wrong time. Times, Sunday Times
This is the day it is announced in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister, and certainly a number of newspapers, with mass readerships throughout the country, have misunderstood it.
The state of Oaxaca and in particular, is unlike any other place in misunderstood Mexico.
Straighten him out; he perhaps misunderstood what I said.
They have simply misunderstood what rock and roll is.
Her valiant efforts to bond are universally misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
The thought that I might myself be confined there by some accident (a misunderstood order, for example, or some unsuspected malice on the part of the portreeve) recurred no matter how often I pushed it aside. The Shadow of the Torturer
We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions
They commented how a lot of viewers and even critics misunderstood the film and its code.
But chemistry is often misunderstood, in two ways: in the one case, by the incredulity of total ignorance; in the other, by the overcredulity of imperfect knowledge. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860
Maybe I misunderstood you.
He had read their criticisms and was sure they simply misunderstood him. Christianity Today
She was not amused but I guess she totally misunderstood the concept of hand luggage.
True visionaries are often misunderstood by their own generation.
The very label, ‘African American’ intrinsically signifies a duplicity that remains misunderstood and unappreciated by many American and Africans.
Mendelssohn, the son of a poor rabbin, in a village in Germany, received an education completely rabbinical, and its nature must be comprehended, or the term of _education_ would be misunderstood. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions
Thus, when an upright man of weak understanding, and unused to express his ideas, is conscious that he has stated either too much or too little — that he has misunderstood the judge, or that the judge has misunderstood him — and revokes, in the spirit of justice, what he has advanced through incaution, he is punished as A Philosophical Dictionary
Are you suggesting that I misunderstood you, misquoted you - or that you want to change what you wrote?
Although other people can sense that you have a powerful vision, you are often misunderstood.
The argument for free trade is paradoxical and much misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
Lin totally misunderstood that comment, and got up into a high dudgeon over what he felt was a slight to his courage.
She added that the concept of arranged marriages is misunderstood in the west.
I misunderstood what Andy was saying, but in responding to what I accused you of (which I thought, perhaps unfairly, your words were suggesting), I notice you didn’t deny it, i.e., that seeing your country beaten and humiliated is your desire. Guardian column: Secrets « BuzzMachine
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
Were people intrigued by the plight of the individual versus society, as depicted with such pessimistic intensity by Orwell, supposed to be drawn into the world of Slan, where it turns out that the dictator is a good guy, just a little misunderstood? MIND MELD: What You Should Know About Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance (Part 2)
Read together with my matter-of-fact statements, Liszt's hyperbolical and circumlocutional poetic prose will not be misunderstood by the reader. Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
This is a marvelous opportunity to save this majestic yet misunderstood bird from extinction in Namibia.
The term direct action is often misunderstood as illegal actions. It's Getting Hot In Here
Returning to the purpose of our interview, the researches Mr. Huxley laid before me were chiefly those on the Salpae, a much misunderstood group of marine Hydrozoa. The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
Rachel, you must have misunderstood her! Ellie would never say something like that.
What an irony that our supreme ironist has been so badly misunderstood and misrepresented. Times, Sunday Times
Gaddis also explained why diplomats must dissimulate and are therefore not only frustrating to historians but misunderstood by all sides in politics: Jim Sleeper: Henry Kissinger's Grand Strategy Takes a New Turn at Yale
Trotsky, claimed James, had misunderstood the dialectic and therefore there was a fundamental flaw in his interpretation of history.
They have completely misunderstood the purpose of narrative. Times, Sunday Times
The 20th century, with its general contempt for the 'well-made' work, persistently misunderstood him.
The majority of us can be misunderstood if we are not conscious of the divisions in our society.
The industry is little examined and often misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
Gender identity disorder (GID)/gender dysphoria is a little known but much misunderstood congenital intersex condition, which is clinically diagnosable and treatable. Sugar and spice and all things neurobiological
All this he longed to tell Danlo, but he was afraid he would be misunderstood. THE BROKEN GOD
The truth is that junk bonds were misnamed, and therefore misunderstood.
Or maybe they misunderstood the word “filing” to mean the actual process by which legal actions are made … as opposed to the kind that involves putting paper in manila folders and sticking them in a drawer. You know the job market is bad when: « A Bird’s Nest
Her books are deceptively slight, superficially easy, and so easily misunderstood.
They have completely misunderstood the purpose of narrative. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps one ought not to use the word dulness, because it may be misunderstood. From a College Window
Seasonal weather forecasts in particular are misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
And she is a beacon of hope to all women caught in the grip of this cruel and often misunderstood disease. The Sun
Co., they entirely eliminate the whole bunch from any part or lot in the issue on which they have essayed to speak with such authority, but whose main point, whose essential elements they have _entirely misunderstood_, and hence have treated in a way that is wholly at variance with the truth in the premises, and it is the truth that we are looking for. Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise
And things soon go batty for the misunderstood minor. The Sun
The bodily physician, perhaps, misunderstood the curer of souls; and before they came to an explanation, Mr. Blifil came to them with a most melancholy countenance, and acquainted them that he brought sad news, that his mother was dead at Salisbury; that she had been seized on the road home with the gout in her head and stomach, which had carried her off in a few hours. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Korea was every bit as misunderstood, as were the risks of marching toward China: potentially helpful sources of guidance were ignored, alternatives went unscrutinized, yet wondrous results just had to occur. Magic and Mayhem
He was anxious not to be misunderstood.
Yes, because they completely misunderstood what the beer-before-liquor maxim is about. Matthew Yglesias » Adventures in Pointless Regulation
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
It prizes performers and bands that do a lot of avoiding themselves: obscure or reclusive or misunderstood or intransigent or semi-extant, forerunners and satellites and outsiders, the post- and pre- and para-. NYT > Home Page
He spoke to my high school Creative Writing class, and all I remember about him besides the fact that he was the first person I know to wear a cravat were his complaints about being misunderstood by the publishing community. Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2008 » June
The industry is little examined and often misunderstood. Times, Sunday Times
Wait, I realize now having misunderstood somewhat; you're not trying to trigger gemination by apocope, but by reduction. A few more words on my new Gemination rule for Pre-IE
I began to wonder if maybe I had misunderstood, and there was nothing for me after all. COASTLINERS
These were inevitably forgotten or misunderstood, and I would be asked again at the next social occasion: What do you do again?
And she is a beacon of hope to all women caught in the grip of this cruel and often misunderstood disease. The Sun
The driver had simply misunderstood what he was supposed to do at a checkpoint. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, the article includes numerous suppositions and makes inferences that miss the mark because of inaccuracies, misunderstood information, and a lack of research.
Perhaps I'd just misunderstood, or squandered a blatant opportunity, I thought.
Defenders of protective legislation were therefore forced to abandon their reliance on the argument that women were especially necessitous, and instead argue that the courts misunderstood the true meaning of liberty of contract.
In The Greatest Prayer, Crossan argues that Christianity's best-known invocation is misunderstood and undervalued in today's society. Understanding The Lord's Prayer With John Dominic Crossan
Shelter from the storm was a basic rule of humanity and yet not to be misunderstood as an invitation.
It is this simplicity and 'homeliness' of the Queen which were so often misunderstood by those who could not realize how much she was at one with her people. Queen Victoria
And she is a beacon of hope to all women caught in the grip of this cruel and often misunderstood disease. The Sun
Absolutely natural and approachable at all times with never the remotest hint of theatricalism, (unless the careless tossing over his shoulder of one flap of the cape of a cherished brown overcoat might be called theatrical), he is yet so many sided and complex that, without this self-same naturalness, often would be misunderstood. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison
There was once a moment,we misunderstood it was a lifetime.
One can only suppose that Shakespeare forgot that he had given no such indication, and so wrote what was sure to be misunderstood, -- unless we suppose that 'Gloster' is a mere slip of the pen, or even a misprint, for 'Regan.' Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
That said, my mailbag is a clamouring cacophony from the misunderstood and under-appreciated, not necessarily the wronged and the righteous. Dear Mariella: I've been married for 40 years but I feel I might want to live on my own now
But Romantics, and modernists after them, needed to believe that genius in its own time is always neglected, misunderstood, etc.
He blabbered, he purposely misunderstood you, he made terrifying jokes.
And now he has written and co-produced a film that will make him misunderstood a whole lot more. Times, Sunday Times
In effect it is said that she misunderstood his evidence and hence failed to take into account a material consideration.
They have completely misunderstood and are being narrow minded. Times, Sunday Times
The Great Plains are a dynamic but often forgotten landscape -- overlooked, undervalued, misunderstood, and in desperate need of conservation. WN.com - Articles related to French holiday firm debuts 'Eco-Nature' resorts
Ultimately, what is wanted is a computer routine similar to the grammar checker which would be programmed to highlight words and phrases which were likely to be misunderstood at the receiving end.
And she is a beacon of hope to all women caught in the grip of this cruel and often misunderstood disease. The Sun

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