misapprehended

past tense of misapprehend
as in misunderstood
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of unfortunately, the message that the artist was trying to convey has been misapprehended by many museum patrons

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misunderstood
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  • Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Misapprehended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misapprehended. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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