misapprehend
Example Sentences
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Americans, who usually think the world revolves around economics, consistently misapprehend how revolutionaries embrace tumult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Such proposals misapprehend the role of a judge under the Constitution and undermine public confidence in the Supreme Court and the judiciary generally.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2021
Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
“Arguments that it isn’t possible to live without meat—implicitly, because of the role that meat played in human evolution—dramatically misapprehend the relationship between biology and destiny,” Berson writes.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2019
I suppose your Honor did not misapprehend my last remark and that no one did.
