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Definition of misconceived

misconceived

/ˌmɪskənˈsiːvd/
mis · con · ceived
Past Simple:misconceived
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Past Participle:misconceived
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Present Participle:misconceiving
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misconceived Lexical Profile

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• adjective

1

Badly planned, judged, or understood; based on mistaken ideas, faulty reasoning, or false assumptions.

Example

"The committee ultimately abandoned the misconceived policy after experts pointed out its severe economic flaws."

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• verb

1

To fail to understand or interpret correctly; to form a mistaken idea or conception of (past tense and past participle of misconceive).

Example

"Critics argued that the authors had fundamentally misconceived the nature of the constitutional reform."

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• Rhymes for misconceived

• Nearby Words

miscommunication
miscomprehension
misconceive
misconceived
misconception
misconduct
misconnect

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in English from the prefix 'mis-' (badly, wrongly) and 'conceived', the past participle of 'conceive' (from Old French 'conceveir', ultimately from Latin 'concipere', meaning 'to take in and hold').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Misconceived. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/misconceived
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