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.
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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.
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But Lohar has been misunderstood and underestimated all her life.
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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.
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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.
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And others largely oppose the presence of Border Patrol agents entirely, who routinely mistake them for migrants.
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Koulibaly misjudged a clearance and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was unable to keep out substitute Marcus Pedersen’s rasping shot to give Norway the lead close to halftime.
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Latvian intelligence argues that Putin is not only looking for ways to pressure NATO countries to back off Ukraine, but may also be receiving distorted assessments from inside his own system — raising the risk that Russia could misjudge Western resolve.
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconceive. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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