misconceive
verb
mis·con·ceive
ˌmis-kən-ˈsēv 
misconceived; misconceiving
1
transitive
: to form a wrong idea of (something) : misunderstand
To think about poverty as mainly an underclass or minority issue is not only to misconceive it, but also to wall it off and make it alien.—
Mark Jonathan Harris
Mark Jonathan Harris… I thought I had misconceived their true characters …—Herman Melville
Herman Melville2
misconceiver
noun
plural misconceivers
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misconceive. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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