misgrasp — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A failure to grasp or understand; misapprehension.

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   They all reflect to a greater or lesser degree, in the language and explanatory material employed, the same misgrasp of biological theory mentioned before.

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   To compound that problem by disseminating misinformation based on a woeful misgrasp of the facts to concerned citizens without first "checking the facts” with a knowledgeable biologist (of which you employ many at the hands-on level) is simply irresponsibility defined.

   Middle-aged Louisiana State University librarian Myrtle Rusk is tasked with patrolling the stacks to tell lustful students to take their hormones elsewhere. But she bends the rules for Seti, an Egyptian student worker with an amusing misgrasp of English who has fallen for the wiles of Lili, the library director's sensuous daughter.

Verb

1. To fail to correctly understand; misunderstand.

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   When the waiter brought me a large white cup and saucer, I concluded that either he or I had misgrasped the situation.

   Harding (1986) argues that a leap to relativism is not necessary and that it “misgrasps” feminist critiques.

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   In the eyes of someone who holds either that a norm is valid, or indeed, that there is a rational validation for norms, treating a norm in terms of its function is to misgrasp the idea of norms.