misunderstood

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of misunderstand

   “Am I misunderstood?”

adj

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”

   “"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!"”