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
Of Mr. Phillips I must say that I at first regarded him through the same veil of prejudice which had caused me so greatly to misconceive the character of Mr. Garrison.
From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Julia Ward Howe
It has suited the correspondent to misconceive the whole purport of my book.
From Are we Ruined by the Germans? by Harold Cox
Some movies are toxically misconceived, and “The Drama” is among them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
They have also urged the court to dismiss Patil's "misconceived and premature" plea challenging the investigation against him.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 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
He said a review of the health service to be published on Thursday finds changes to the NHS were "hopelessly misconceived".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
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
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
He must be mad, or she herself mad, mishearing, misconceiving him.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
There was no misconceiving the light that illumined the doctor's round, rosy face.
From The Madigans by Orson Lowell
"If you would prefer an allegory of figures," says Dario, misconceiving her silence.
From A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
Mr. Collier, ludicrously misconceiving the instinctive action of Imogen's mind, thinks the true reading is, "smothers her with painting."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
