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 appreciate your desire not to have these questions raised in my presence; but I see that in one regard you misapprehend me.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
