misapprehend
verbUK /mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/
Etymology From mis- + apprehend.
1
To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- 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.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 139:
- They misapprehended the intentions and capabilities of our enemies, miscalculated the strength of communism, and misjudged the threat of terrorism.2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page xv:
- Derived terms
- misapprehendingly