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
It was scarcely possible that she could misconceive.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
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
In the first place, you entirely misconceive the process by which the Revelation comes to Mary.
From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Edward Maitland
Avara, which dominates chicken farming in the area, and Welsh Water, have respectively called the claims "misconceived" and "misguided".
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
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
Bruno’s revisions to, and misunderstandings of, Copernicus were misconceived.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
They think, poor misconceiving companions! that we be all a-dying for them.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
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
We have therefore insisted on the rational character of the idea of the good, but without misconceiving the part of sentiment.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
"If you would prefer an allegory of figures," says Dario, misconceiving her silence.
From A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
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