to misconceive

Examples

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• Our first point is that the public/private divide is misconceived.

  Academic text (1997)

• I will argue that the whole notion that judges should use economics is misconceived.

  Academic text (1997)

• You know, people, I think people misconceive us as being the children that they last saw us as being.

  The 85 South Comedy Show

• None of the great features of Webshots remain, and the direction Smile is taking is misconceived at best.

  Blog text (24)

• If we are correct, then those commentators who hold property rights to be especially problematic have misconceived their status.

  Academic text (1990)

• What was missing in each of these cases was enough international pressure and outside resources to keep fragile and sometimes misconceived peace treaties in place.

  Academic text (2005)

• Here I shall only briefly characterize them and explain why I think they are misconceived.

  Academic text (2002)

• All three of these alternatives to the adaptationist program seem to me fundamentally misconceived.

  Academic text (2002)

• Finally, even if the Guidelines had attained perfect equality in sentencing, they still would have been misconceived.

  Academic text (2003)

• Indeed, the notion that the "ideological insurgents" enjoy a considerable degree of popular legitimacy among Afghans is totally misconceived, despite the Karzai regime's lack of popularity.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

M

to misread

vsto misconceive

56 3.4

To understand words or actions in the wrong way

covers wrong understanding in any form beyond just reading

M

to misunderstand

vsto misconceive

53 1.8

To think something is true when it is not

is about wrong interpretation as an active mistake rather than mere failure

M

to mistake

vsto misconceive

37 1.0

To be wrong in what you think or do

is specifically an incorrect understanding rather than any kind of error

M

to misinterpret

vsto misconceive

23 4.2

To understand something in the wrong way

is a broader wrong understanding rather than a focused wrong explanation

M

to misconstrue

vsto misconceive

22 7.7

To understand what someone says or does in the wrong way

is a general incorrect understanding not limited to words or actions

M

to misjudge

vsto misconceive

6 3.9

To form a wrong idea about someone or something

is about wrong comprehension rather than judging people or outcomes

M

to misperceive

vsto misconceive

1 7.7

To understand something in the wrong way

is broader, applying to understanding from any source not only senses

M

to misapprehend

vsto misconceive

1 8.2

To understand something wrongly

shares the same incorrect understanding but is used less often in speech

Antonyms

C

to conceive

84 4.7

To imagine something or think about it in a certain way

How Accurate

to understand

∞ 1.0

to misconceive

1 7.5

to misunderstand

53 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology