Sentence examples for but only when misunderstood from inspiring English sources
Financial derivatives can indeed be dangerous, but only when misunderstood or abused.That's precisely what went wrong.
But only when he was drunk.
Counter-advertising may have unintended consequences when misunderstood.
Not only exaggerated, but misunderstood.
The issue of gas prices has not only been misunderstood but thoroughly distorted by relentless ideological spin from industry and its political allies, mainly Republican.
After momentary elation, the students were actually a bit crestfallen when they learned they had won the contest, but only because they had misunderstood when Schafer brought them the news.
The poor, bleating liberals who are constantly complaining that their faith is not only misunderstood by its non-adherents, but also perverted by the fanatics who share it.
It may be fair to say that the religion is not only misunderstood by those who are not Muslim, but also by those who are.
Notwithstanding the admiration of readers such as Martin Amis, Shiva Naipaul was not only misunderstood and underestimated ("misunderestimated", to use a Bushism), but read lazily.
