Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misunderstood

/ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: mis-un-der-stood
IPA: /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstʊd/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of misunderstand

adj

Not comprehended correctly.

adj

Not viewed with sympathy and understanding despite warranting it.

Example Sentences

"Am I misunderstood?"
"a misunderstood message"
"Near-synonym: underappreciated"
"a misunderstood loner who turned to a life of crime"
"a misunderstood genius"
""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!""

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstʊd/
British English: /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstʊd/

Inflected Forms

more misunderstood (comparative) most misunderstood (superlative)

Derived Forms

misunderstoodness

Synonyms

underappreciated

Rhymes With

would good could should wood understood stood hood goode withstood fulwood schuld

Questions

How do you pronounce misunderstood?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dɚˈstʊd/.
What does misunderstood mean?: simple past and past participle of misunderstand

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