It's a feeling that inspires many to shout, so as to avoid being misunderstood, when given the chance to speak aloud.
I have long felt that Margaret Thatcher was misunderstood when she spoke of the supremacy of the individual and the family over the abstraction of society.
And Mrs. Clinton was self-deprecating ("I just don't like to talk about myself") but also commiserated with others who sometimes feel misunderstood ("When I read the paper and I read about me, I know there are mistakes").
Because the financial failings were discussed only at a prime ministerial level, or among finance ministers and central bankers, the magnitude of the crisis was misunderstood when it eventually erupted beneath the Acropolis in late 2009.
Cartmill and Byrne conclude that the orangutans were able to distinguish between being partially understood, when they were given half the food, and being entirely misunderstood, when they were given the undesirable food, and to modify their gesturing accordingly.
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.
"English is not my first language, and I think I may have been misunderstood when I spoke yesterday," the statement read.
Paella with rabbit and snails Serves 4-6 This dish is often misunderstood when copied, usually because the real thing has never been experienced or if it has it's been a tourist version.
This sometimes led to misunderstandings, but it is difficult to see how Gene could be misunderstood when he walked into the offices of several "Next Generation" executives (including Robert Justman) and, without a word, handed each a $5,000 bonus.
He assured the man who bought him an orange martini that he was misunderstood when he was overheard on the saloon's pay telephone threatening to rearrange a woman's anatomy.
