misconceive

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

Nobody who has read the striking essay in which these words appear could a moment misconceive their author's meaning.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

For unless we comprehend the source whence an author's inspirations have sprung, we may often misconceive his views.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Besides, he had to listen to Aurelia's complaints about her brother's wastefulness: he had to misconceive the winks and nods of Serlo, trying from afar to lead him to a marriage with Aurelia.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Police did not initially launch a search and rescue operation because of a "misconceived view that there were no concerns for the children's welfare", according to the inquiry's findings published on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

Until Columbus demonstrated that classical geography was hopelessly misconceived, the assumption was that the arguments of the ancients needed to be interpreted, not challenged.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

By permission of Congress Franklin replied by a long letter, not deficient in courtesy of language, but full of argument upon the American side, and in a tone which there was no misconceiving.

From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse

The only safeguard against this sort of misconceiving is to insist on varied statement, and to bring the child's conceptions, wherever it be possible, to some sort of practical test.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James

But, misconceiving the views of the administration, he reserved these representations until complaints should be made, and omitted to urge them while the Directory was deliberating on the course it should pursue.

From Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched by John Frederick Schroeder

"I wonder not at thy surprise; it is a feeling that hath overcome all others, through the late extraordinary events," answered the queen, evidently misconceiving the meaning of her friend's words.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper