misappreciation

noun 2

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noun

1

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

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.

2

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

"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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