Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To fail in rightly appreciating; undervalue.

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Examples

  • Even those who used to "misappreciate" him belatedly appreciated him, because the manner of his death awed many who had been jaded to politicians 'excesses, and as an editorial said, "it was very clear from the photographic evidence that he truly lived his pro-poor advocacies himself."

    Bulatlat 2009

  • To say this is, however, in my judgment, to misappreciate what an explanation is.

    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1916

  • They are muddled about it where their own little selves are concerned, they misappreciate it when they deal with the problems of society, and they have a very weak hold of it when they consider (if they do consider) the nature of Almighty God.

    First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911

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