If someone is misunderstood, other people do not understand that they have good qualities.

In her teens she felt frustrated and misunderstood. 在少女时期，她觉得灰心，被人误解。

I think people had the wrong idea about me - I was misunderstood.

He denied the accusations by saying that though he did invite her back to his office for a private chat, his intentions were misunderstood.

She wasn't a bad girl - she was just misunderstood.

I really wasn't trying to make my parents' life difficult - I was just quite different from them and I was misunderstood.