as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
misconceived the scope of the nation's financial crisis
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Make your wisdom easy to digest and impossible to misunderstand.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025 -
If social media is any indication, some locals (and Karri) misunderstood the signup form and accidentally opted-in to getting alerts via text, phone and email...—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
19 Feb. 2025
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Many business owners underestimate how much of their network is tied to their current role.—
B.D. Dalton,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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On big tech companies vs. startups in the race to develop new AI Never underestimate the ability of a giant to stumble over its own feet.—
Dave Davies,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
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He was detained after the agents, who were searching for another man with a deportation order, mistook him for someone else.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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The opening sequence of the documentary could be mistaken for a Jason Bourne film.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Apple has now compromised the security options for tens of millions of iPhone users after misjudged government pressure.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The participants consistently misjudged the strength of the ties by wide margins, Johns Hopkins University brain science researchers Chaz Firestone and Sholei Croom report in the journal Open Mind.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconceive. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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