misconceive
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Regrettably, he and they misconceive the application of the U.S.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2023
People misconceive reality, according to his diagnosis, because they think about it without imagination or by rote.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If I do not misconceive them greatly, they must be very unsuitable associates for a young lady educated in a French convent."
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
But in his own time it came upon ears which were naturally disposed to misconceive it.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Pray, my dear sir, my dear Mr. Dingwell, don't misconceive; we use slang phrases, now and then, without the least meaning or disrespect: it has become quite the tong.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Some movies are toxically misconceived, and “The Drama” is among them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The two actors play a couple whose engagement is thrown into chaos by a single shocking secret in this misconceived rom-com from Kristoffer Borgli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Those changes enabled the bandmates, friends since they were teens, to become even closer, despite any misconceived notion that they’ve been at odds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Penult Capital Partners, which arranges insurance for E&J Estates, said "the various claims made by Velitor are fundamentally misconceived".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
Our claims to knowledge, Montaigne said, are generally misconceived because we will not acknowledge our limits as human beings.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"If you would prefer an allegory of figures," says Dario, misconceiving her silence.
From A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
The early modern interpreters of the jurisprudence of Rome, misconceiving the meaning of Jus Gentium, assumed without hesitation that the Romans had bequeathed to them a system of rules for the adjustment of international transactions.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
For wine has many excellences, and one pre-eminent one, about which there is a difficulty in speaking to the many, from a fear of their misconceiving and misunderstanding what is said.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
In this instance there was no misconceiving the meaning of the action; but whoever watches birds in the pairing season is often at his wit's end to know what to make of their demonstrations.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
To come anywhere near fulfilling them requires long time and study, and action unimpeded by a misconceiving community.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
