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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconceive
Verb
  • Conservative voters are wrong about crime statistics, but both sides misunderstand each other.
    Jamil Zaki, TIME, 23 Nov. 2024
  • By strip-mining messages into bland, lifeless summaries, Apple seems to be misunderstanding what makes texting so special in the first place.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Two years before this, Purdue warned the U.S. not to underestimate China's determination to win the space war.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Even those alarming figures underestimate the true danger.
    Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Without signaling this, people who have not experienced this style of leadership before might mistake you as such and proceed to tell your agents that this is an issue and a derailer on your path to promotion.
    Stephen Miles, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Dylan, clearly thinking about food, mistakes the question, thinking he’s being asked about bratwurst.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • On top of the health criticism, Kraft Heinz misjudged school districts’ interest in Lunchables and ability to pay for them.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Dave Dickert, founder of Branded Bills, said the move will help the company grow in one place, after misjudging how fast the business would grow and having to move seven times in the past nine years.
    Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Misconceive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconceive. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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