Definition of "misloved"

The feminist reading that looks to unlock the mother-character from her position as misloved object, is one move towards an assertion of the mother-daughter bond.

1987, The University of Leeds Review - Volumes 30-32, page 45

Though not an exhibitionist mooner like Rousseau, Jacques offers us his belaboured rump as an image of a brutalised, not loveless but misloved, childhood .

1992, W. D. Redfern, Feet First: Jules Vallès, page 93

On the other end of the receiver was a voice, tired and misloved.

2007, Anthony B. Pinn, Gregory Colleton, Life Sentences: Short Stories, page 95