misprised

English

Verb

misprised

1. simple past and past participle of misprise

Adjective

misprised (comparative more misprised, superlative most misprised)

1. Despised, unappreciated. [from 18th c.]
   • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 102:

     The misprised Greeks had manoeuvred us into positions where we could be surrounded and cut off, and yet we very rarely saw them.