misunderstood adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced American Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com.

What type of word is misunderstand?

verb (used with object), mis·un·der·stood, mis·un·der·stand·ing. to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.

Is misunderstand a transitive verb?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmis‧un‧der‧stand /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd $ -ər-/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle misunderstood) [intransitive, transitive] to fail to understand someone or something correctly Rachel, you must have misunderstood her!