misunderstood

UK/,mɪsʌndə'stʊd/US/,misʌndә'stjd/

Definitions

adj.

Not correctly understood; wrongly judged or appreciated.

被误解的；不被理解的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

mis-wrongly, badly

under-below, insufficiently

stoodstand, set, place

=misunderstood

mis- (wrongly) + understood. 'Stand' is the Germanic cousin of Latin's 'st' root; understand is literally to 'stand among/under' an idea and grasp it. Misunderstood = grasped it wrongly.

Root st still carries 376 more words

Common Collocations

1.feel misunderstood感到被误解
2.widely misunderstood广泛被误解
3.often misunderstood经常被误解

Example Sentences

1.
She felt misunderstood by everyone around her.
2.
His intentions were widely misunderstood at the time.

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