misconceiving

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adjective

Having false ideas; misleading.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of misconceive
adjectivemisconceiving (comparative more misconceiving, superlative most misconceiving)

comparative more misconceiving · superlative most misconceiving

  1. Having false ideas; misleading.

    through the helpe of his faire hornes on hight, / And misty dampe of misconceiuing night, / And eke through likenesse of his gotish beard, / He did the better counterfeite aright [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
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APA

misconceiving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceiving

MLA

“misconceiving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceiving. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misconceiving,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconceiving.

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