Meaning of misappreciation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.
   countable, uncountable
2. An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.
   countable, dated, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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

“I accuse you rather of misappreciation than of misstatement.”

“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.”

“"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."”

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

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