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misapprehend

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12 lettersPronunciation /mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/Part of speech verbSorted adeehimnpprsStarts with MEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. interpret in the wrong way

Word origin

From mis- + apprehend.

Used in a sentence

  • I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it.
  • They misapprehended the intentions and capabilities of our enemies, miscalculated the strength of communism, and misjudged the threat of terrorism.

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