as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
misconceived the scope of the nation's financial crisis
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Executives often misunderstand their organization's culture, experiencing it differently than employees.—
Tracy Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026 -
The postal service also advised people not to take mail directly from a carrier if a dog is present because the dog may misunderstand it as an attack.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
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But Lohar has been misunderstood and underestimated all her life.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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Don't underestimate wait times We were supposed to have a two-and-a-half-hour layover at Heathrow on our way to Florence.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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No one will mistake Kentucky for Georgia or Alabama, but the Wildcats were a really solid program under former head coach Mark Stoops with regard to both development and production on the field.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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And others largely oppose the presence of Border Patrol agents entirely, who routinely mistake them for migrants.—
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Basallo misjudged it, taking an unhurried shuffle up the line, before the ball glanced off his glove and rolled toward the Dodgers dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The market does not always misjudge the company the company wrong.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconceive. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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