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
… I thought I had misconceived their true characters …—Herman Melville
2
misconceiver
noun
plural misconceivers
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misconceive. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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