as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
misconceived the scope of the nation's financial crisis
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Toine says the two most common errors in orchid maintenance result from misunderstanding light and water requirements.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026 -
That’s the thing many people still misunderstand about this amazing man.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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If anything, the Texas study probably underestimates the economic impact of college attainment.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Don’t underestimate the importance of other cognitively protective practices such as consistently getting enough quality sleep, exercising regularly, managing stress, eating a nutritious diet and building and keeping strong social ties.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
15 May 2026
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And mistaking one for the other is another legacy of how the Cold War foreshortened the humanistic possibilities of the intellectual revolution of the past eighty years—a revolution that has, miraculously, allowed people to communicate with machines using human languages.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Their father, Nahuel (Amién), flits from one romantic affair to another, failing to recognize his shortcomings the way fathers typically forget minor yet significant details, like mistaking his younger daughter’s shoe size or never delivering on his promise to have the sink fixed.—
Lé Baltar,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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Lens should already have been level — or even ahead — at the break but striker Wesley Saïd misjudged a close-range header and then shot straight at goalkeeper Matvei Safonov in first-half stoppage time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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The green is guarded by two bunkers on each side that will catch plenty of shots that misjudge the elevation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconceive. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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