misapprehend
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Definition of misapprehend
: to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
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Synonyms & Antonyms for misapprehend
Synonyms
misconstrue, misinterpret, misknow, misperceive, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand
Antonyms
appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, conceive, fathom, get, grasp, grok, know, make out, penetrate, perceive, savvy, see, seize, take in, understand
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Traditionally, that's led to things like snakes on stage and misapprehended awards speeches. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "The Best Hair and Makeup Looks of the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards," 20 Aug. 2018 This isn’t just shooting your mouth off on the stump—this is the nation’s top lawyer completely misapprehending what judges do and what states are. — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, "Jeff Sessions Thinks Hawaii’s Not a Real State. We Shouldn’t Be Surprised.," 20 Apr. 2017 Yet by the same logic, giving Washington and Jefferson a pass for being slaveholders misapprehends a moral problem embedded in our nation at its conception. — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, "Don't topple statues of Founding Fathers, update your thinking about them," 25 Aug. 2017 This is a silly parlor game that misapprehends James’s gifts, which have never been those of a pure scorer. — Michael Powell, New York Times, "Cavaliers Offer a Glimpse of an Alternative Universe," 10 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'misapprehend.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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