as in misunderstanding
a failure to understand correctly
she was under the misimpression that the class was for beginners, but it was actually for advanced students
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Susan Moss suspects this is a misimpression of prestige.
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Ron Charles, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
Surveys creating the misimpression of a red wave proved particularly useful to right-wing media outlets.
—Steve Eder, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
There's an intelligible structure to the misimpression.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2011
When their relationship ends, Roland is burdened with a terrible misimpression of his moral culpability and a fractured sense of his personal efficacy.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
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Ron Charles, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
Surveys creating the misimpression of a red wave proved particularly useful to right-wing media outlets.
—Steve Eder, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
There's an intelligible structure to the misimpression.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2011
When their relationship ends, Roland is burdened with a terrible misimpression of his moral culpability and a fractured sense of his personal efficacy.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
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“Misimpression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misimpression. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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