misapprehensiveadj.
/ˌmɪsaprᵻˈhɛnsɪv/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsˌæprəˈhɛnsɪv/ Now rare.
Apt to misapprehend.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adjective]
amiss1582
mistaking1582
misconceiving1590
misconceived1592
misconstruing1593
misconceited1598
mistaken1600
misunderstanding1610
misconstruous1632
misapprehensive1646
1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 120 Because men are either insincere and unfaithfull, or misapprehensive and darke.
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 142 The good and evil works of the misapprehensive man serve to fetter him.
1880 J. W. Sherer Conjuror's Daughter 130 Henry had been always dull and misapprehensive.
1996 Houston Press (Nexis) 14 Nov. Nunn and his actors offer their own embellishments to the sexual ambiguities and misapprehensive passions in Shakespeare's comedy.
Derivatives
misappreˈhensively adv. through misapprehension.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adverb]
beside (or wide of) the cushion1576
in (also under, upon) a mistake1622
mistakenly1660
misunderstandinglya1667
mistakably1844
misapprehendingly1862
misapprehensively1862
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 246 The soul..when it is misapprehensively viewed as a reflexion.
misappreˈhensiveness n. the quality of being misapprehensive.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > quality of
misapprehensiveness1852
1852 R. Browning Ess. on Shelley in Lett. Shelley Introd. 22 The misapprehensiveness of his age is exactly what a poet is sent to remedy.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 246 Gently, O mother, judge men!—whose mistake Is in the poor misapprehensiveness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1646