miscomprehensions

Definition of miscomprehensionsnext
plural of miscomprehension
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Noun
  • In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the restaurateur and owner of New York City's new Bar Rocco – whose philosophy and cookbooks are rooted in health-conscious dieting – shared a few misconceptions about healthy eating, especially when the end goal is weight loss.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • The book uses prose and lyrics to explore common misconceptions about rap and rappers.
    A.D. Carson, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Ullrich stresses the role of tactical mistakes and misjudgments, not least by the far left, which shortsightedly refused to compromise its beliefs and join with more moderate groups to oppose democratic backsliding.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Beatty said those early misinterpretations frequently determine what evidence exists later.
    Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Doubts have been cast on jobs data due to misinterpretations of the labor bureau’s routine reviews of its statistics and its admissions about the difficulty of getting answers to its employment surveys.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Pig myths and misunderstandings McLeod and Jennings are quick to dispel myths about their family of pigs.
    Eric Adler April 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Washington and Hollywood have long had an awkward relationship, with players in each power center harboring insecurities and misunderstandings about the other as politics and entertainment have steadily merged into a single cultural force.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the New Atheists were making hay of the fact that such faithful misapprehensions about nature were easily disproved by scientific discovery.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Ronald Reagan did not suffer from such misapprehensions.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Miscomprehensions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscomprehensions. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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