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
But to suppose that either of these charges extends to the character of the moralist is altogether to misconceive the position which moral theories actually hold in life.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
You mustn't be surprised at anything from an accepted lover.—I'm sure you misconceive her.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various
It is impossible to misconceive the common principle which animates them, the unity of their method.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
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
While barristers for hotel owners Somani Hotels said it "firmly disputed" the council's claim, while the Home Office told the court that the authority's bid was "misconceived".
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
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
He added that the argument that the amount owed should be reduced was "misconceived" and that the budget was "not designed to be an accurate or binding representation" of her overall legal costs.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
But Darwin, in all truth, had misconceived the notion, and pangene would always carry the memory of that misconception.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
It proved to be nothing but a reconnoissance, and showed that Hood was strangely misconceiving the situation.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
The figure was at a premium, and fit for any glass case that its vivacity should allow to enclose it—wherein it might be surrounded by wondering, admiring and often quite inevitably misconceiving observers.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
Without taking rest or food, Shamus proceeded to London Bridge, often put out of his course by wrong directions, and as often by forgetting and misconceiving true ones.
From Stories by English Authors: Ireland by Samuel Lover
Don't ask me to forgive; I ask your pardon for misconceiving you; I have nothing to forgive in you.
From The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White
If, after all, she was capable of misconceiving the entire set of his motives during the past two years, expostulation would be futile.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
