misapprehended; misapprehending; misapprehends

transitive verb

: to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand

Examples of misapprehend in a Sentence

unfortunately, the message that the artist was trying to convey has been misapprehended by many museum patrons
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But would her students, turned on everywhere by the dogma of political correctness, misapprehend Haynes’s aim? Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023 Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation. New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of misapprehend was in 1628

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“Misapprehend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misapprehend. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.

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