misunderstood
Example Sentences
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I feel like they’re all so largely misunderstood, especially Lindsay Lohan.
From Los Angeles Times
McArthur said the debate "shone a light" on the crucial and often misunderstood palliative care sector.
From BBC
Despite affecting a such a wide portion of the population, the condition is widely misunderstood, according to dyslexia researcher Dr. Helen Taylor of the University of Cambridge.
From Los Angeles Times
“A male clinician can reduce the fear of being judged or exposed or misunderstood and lower the threshold for exposure,” says Michael Zakalik, a clinical psychologist based in Seattle.
In the first letter, he said his words were "misunderstood and misinterpreted by some media organisations", but in the second he acknowledged they were "inappropriate and fell below the standard expected".
From BBC
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