misconceive
verbUS /ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/
Etymology From Middle English misconceiven, equivalent to mis- + conceive.
1
To misunderstand.
- 1694, William Congreve, The Double-Dealer Nay, misconceive me not, madam, when I say I have had a gen'rous and a faithful passion, which you had never favoured, but through revenge and policy.
2
To judge or plan badly, typically on the basis of faulty misunderstanding.
- HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway.2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 45:
- Derived terms
- misconceivable, misconceiver, misconception