misdiscern

present singular third person misdiscerns · participle present misdiscerning · participle past misdiscerned · past misdiscerned

1. To discern incorrectly.

   Tartarin had neither the dazzled, misdiscerning vision of genius nor the fatuity that comes from a surfeit of wisdom.

   1892, Manchester Literary Club, Papers - Volume 18, page 379

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   But these, the statesman may be as apt to misdiscern as to overlook, failing in action through inadequacy in contemplation.

   1968, Arthur Lee Burns, Of Powers and Their Politics, page 281

   If either God (the priestly element) or the world (the teacherly element) is ignored or misdiscerned, then there is no unity, no prayer, no rightly relating to all things, and no authentic ministry.

   1986, Encounter - Volume 47, page 53

   By reading this book, you might come to realize where you mis-discerned in that relationship, how you got it wrong that time around, so that you can move forward, armed with a new set of directions and ideals that will help you discern correctly what God's true will for your life is next time around.

   2004, Patricia Wrona, The Exclamation: The Wise Choice of a Spouse for Catholic Marriage