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misapprehension

[ mis-ap-ri-hen-shuhn ]

misapprehension

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noun

  1. a failure to understand fully; misconception

    the misapprehension that acting was easy

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾¾±²õa±è·±è°ù±ð·³ó±ð²Ôs¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ³¾¾±²õa±è·±è°ù±ð·³ó±ð²Ôs¾±±¹±ð·ly adverb
  • ³¾¾±²õa±è·±è°ù±ð·³ó±ð²Ôs¾±±¹±ð·ness noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of misapprehension1

First recorded in 1620–30; mis- 1 + apprehension
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Example Sentences

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The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works.

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Fox and Musk have gotten away with spreading disinformation because of a self-serving misapprehension of the political speech doctrine: The First Amendment protects ‘core political speech’ above all other forms of expression.

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Some Angelenos labor under the misapprehension that on New Year’s Eve you can legally shoot a gun in the air.

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Instead we’re contending with the fallout of another strongman’s disastrous misapprehension of his enemies.

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“They have lawyers, advisors, and they will be under no misapprehension after their obligations,†he said, adding that these obligations apply to Palestinian militant group Hamas as well.

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