misappreciation

plural misappreciations

1. countableuncountableA failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.

   Although he claims to be a postmodernist, his misappreciation of the philosophy is such that he still clings to the idea of absolute truth.

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   It is the duty of the individual juror to strive to avoid any misappreciation of the evidence, no matter how it is represented by the barristers.

   I accuse you rather of misappreciation than of misstatement.

   1849, Alexis de Tocqueville, Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Vol. 2

   The notion that keeping half a million men in South Vietnam indefinitely was a credible posture must be one of the most laughable misappreciations of the war.

   1995, Alan J. Levine, The United States and the Struggle for Southeast Asia, 1945-1975, page 128

   Synonyms: misunderstanding, misapprehension, error, mistake

2. countabledateduncountableAn observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.

   But it is the lot of goodness and truth ever to meet with misappreciation and disdain.

   1909, Anna Katharine Green, The Forsaken Inn

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   "He might not have meant to ignore her," answered Isabel thoughtfully; "he might have chosen not to introduce her because he felt too proud of her to subject her to any possible misappreciation from them."

   1871, William Dean Howells, Their Wedding Journey

   Synonyms: scorn, disdain, despisement