[ noun ] an understanding of something that is not correct <noun.cognition> he wasn't going to admit his mistakemake no mistake about his intentions there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister
Misapprehension \Mis*ap`pre*hen"sion\, n. A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
Have you any information? Your letter is based upon a misapprehension: it is irrelevant, for indexation loss purposes, whether 'they be so declared before November (30) 1993'.
Some of the impulse to reforest Yellowstone may be based on a misapprehension of just how much damage has been done here.
Though he regards the remaining oil as nontoxic, he said he has noted on his visits "much misapprehension" among Alaskans.
In the interview, the president complained that "I've labored under a misapprehension here _ well, worldwide, I guess _ about the so-called Iran-Contra affair." "We argued right in this room (Oval Office) about it," he said.
Poindexter was under the misapprehension that "the buck stopped with me."