英和和英

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstʊd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstʊd/
• ハイフネーション: mis‧un‧der‧stood
• 韻: -ʊd

動詞

misunderstood

1. simple past and past participle of misunderstand

   Am I misunderstood?

形容詞

misunderstood (comparative more misunderstood, superlative most misunderstood)

1. Not comprehended correctly.

   a misunderstood message

2. Not viewed with sympathy and understanding despite warranting it.

   Near-synonym: underappreciated

   a misunderstood loner who turned to a life of crime

   a misunderstood genius

   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 101:

     "He posed as the horror of horrors — a misunderstood man. Heaven knows the femme incomprise is sad enough and bad enough — but the other thing!"

派生語

Further reading

• “misunderstood”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “be misunderstood”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “misunderstood” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.