missverständlichen
Missverständlich is a German adjective meaning not clearly understood or likely to be misunderstood; it describes language, statements, or signals that can easily lead to misinterpretation. The base form missverständlich is used to attribute ambiguity or potential misunderstanding to a noun, as in missverständliche Aussagen or missverständliche Formulierungen. The inflected form missverständlichen appears in certain grammatical contexts, most commonly in the dative plural with a definite article: den missverständlichen Formulierungen.
Etymology and meaning: the word combines Missverständnis (misunderstanding) with the suffix -lich, which forms adjectives indicating
Usage and contexts: missverständlich is frequently used in discussions of communication, law, journalism, and technical writing
Relation to related terms: missverständnissen and missverständlichkeit are related nouns that express the phenomenon of misunderstanding
See also: Missverständnis, Missverständlichkeit, verständlich, mehrdeutig.