Misunderstood and Took

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Misunderstood adjective - Wrongly understood.

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Took is an antonym for misunderstood.

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Misunderstood is an antonym for took.

Alton took pity on the poor fellow and advised him to 'fess up to the judge that he had misunderstood.

Source: Series / Cutthroat Kitchen
Sebastian even screams the first time he meets him, but as it turns out he's not really evil, just misunderstood; he doesn't have many friends and he took the job because his parents were poor.

Source: Creepy Child / Western Animation
She tried to get help, she did, but the workers and Claire all misunderstood her, especially when she nearly took off a worker's arm trying to steal his raincoat to keep Small One warm.

Source: Fan Fic / It's not the Raptor DNA

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