The phrase "as misunderstood in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a concept or idea that has been incorrectly interpreted or perceived in a specific context.
Example: "The theory was often criticized, as misunderstood in the context of its application in modern science."
Alternatives: "as misinterpreted in" or "as wrongly perceived in".
The last best example of this sort of change is a movement that is as misunderstood as any in American history — the Progressive Movement.
In 1995, when the then president's son was kidnapped, the chief suspect was Ivan Lexa, a secret-service man in Mr Meciar's office, who has since vanished, and may be dead.Now, however, Mr Meciar portrays himself as both misunderstood in the past and thoroughly reformed now.
Cipriani describes himself as "frequently misunderstood" in his Twitter profile.
What's more, Bligh emerges as heroic and misunderstood in this "highly imaginative" account of his open-boat ordeal, Douglas Whynott wrote here in 2000.
But as HIV is misunderstood in Angola, and the fear of stigma is very real, Paulina's own neighbours still do not know that she and her five-year-old son are living with HIV.
He acts, in other words, remarkably like a real male teenager, a creature almost as likely to be misunderstood in a summertime movie as a vampire.
These human interest stories usually leave me cold, but the fact that something as misunderstood and reviled (in mainstream media at least) as gaming could be the unquestionable source of joy and improvement for a couple people like this really makes me happy.
Just as the words have often been misunderstood in the US, many people wrongly inferred it to be some sort of call to violence there as well.
Perhaps nothing, with the exception of the swizzle stick, has been so maligned and misunderstood in modern times as the escargot.
Finally, some members of the team were concerned that our actions could be misunderstood in the community as being part of some sort of 'cover up' to remove a woman experiencing severe side effects due to her participation in the trial from further public scrutiny.
