missverständlich
Translation
ambiguous, misleading, unclear
Examples
Seine Aussage war sehr missverständlich.
His statement was very ambiguous.
Formulieren Sie das bitte weniger missverständlich.
Please phrase that less ambiguously.
Grammar Patterns
sth. is ambiguous something is ambiguous His phrasing was ambiguous.
Similar Words
Synonyms: unklar, zweideutig; Antonyms: eindeutig, klar
Etymology
Made up of the prefix 'miss-' (wrong, bad) and 'verständlich' (understandable). It literally means 'wrongly understandable'.
Memory Tips
Imagine you 'miss' the point because the explanation is 'understandable' in the wrong way. That's 'missverständlich'.