How to Use misunderstood in a Sentence

misunderstood

adjective

• Swimming away with the carp steak on the end of my line was one of the most misunderstood fish in the country.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
• This is one of the most misunderstood myths about credit scoring, Dornhelm said.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Telling a story about a widely misunderstood religion that spans two centuries and a half-dozen or so states was not easy.
  — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• Some 22 years later, Gregory Vern Brockhouse may indeed be the most misunderstood politician in the city.
  — Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2021
• Persuasion is often misunderstood as a process of trying to convince someone to do something that is bad for them.
  — Mike Gould, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• It is now misunderstood to be a serious inquiry, rather than a simple greeting.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• Translation is often misunderstood as a one-to-one decryption of a foreign word or phrase.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 5 July 2023
• The records these artists made were largely misunderstood in their time but feel remarkably contemporary in the more adventurous musical climate 20 years later.
  — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
• Common Critters: Opossums are misunderstood sweeties that only look like ferocious killers Little green men and women.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• Exclusive use areas are often misunderstood as the unit owner’s property, but such areas are still part of the common area and therefore jointly owned with all other owners and subject to association control.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
• The entomologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has collected cicadas, those bizarre and misunderstood cyclical insects, for four years.
  — Max Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2020
• Yet, many of the classic songs that casual listeners assume are patriotic are anything but, from misunderstood anti-war protests to singalong favorites masking darker meanings.
  — Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
• Kids can enjoy take-home treat bags, trivia activities and some animal features -- particularly on animals that are misunderstood to be frightening, according to a press release.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2021
• Minimalist design is often misunderstood as cold, boring, or impersonal, but in fact, this streamlined aesthetic is simply efficient and purposeful.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2021
• They’re often misunderstood as an affliction limited to white, affluent girls, but recent data shows eating disorders cut across genders, race, ethnicity and socioeconomic categories.
  — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024