as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
misconceived the scope of the nation's financial crisis
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The profit accusation also misunderstands that vaccine payments don’t go into physicians’ pockets.—
Jess Steier,
STAT,
29 Jan. 2026 -
That approach misunderstands what AI actually changes.—
Michael Wystrach,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Don’t underestimate the wind, though.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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And the administration appeared to underestimate the power of the blowback, perhaps mistaking the state’s passive aggressive reputation for weakness.—
Eric Roper,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Food noise can be described as frequent thoughts about food that can sometimes be mistaken as hunger, experts say.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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That’s chilling, considering that roughly 20% of pregnancies result in miscarriages, and some experts say the actual rate is probably higher, since many women mistake losses in the early stages of pregnancy for late menstrual periods.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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Even so, the idea seemed misjudged.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the end, McAdams’ sexiness isn’t incidental, but integral to how she’s been misjudged.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconceive. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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