misknow
[ mis-noh ]
/ mɪsˈnoʊ /
verb (used with object), mis·knew, mis·known, mis·know·ing.
to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand: to misknow the problem.
RELATED WORDS
misread, misinterpret, miscalculate, overlook, confuse, misjudge, underestimate, misconstrue, overestimate, goof, miscount, err, botch, addle, lapse, omit, misconceive, blunder, confound, snarl
Nearby words
- misjoinder,
- misjudge,
- misjudgement,
- misjudgment,
- miskito,
- misknowledge,
- miskolc,
- mislabel,
- mislay,
- mislead
Origin of misknow
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for misknow
He also scolds Bacon for being afraid that Buckingham's height of fortune might make him "misknow himself."
The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck|Thomas LonguevilleWhy should we misknow one another, fight not against the enemy but against ourselves, from mere difference of uniform?
It would be greatly to misknow Gibbon to suppose that his studies at Lausanne were restricted to the learned languages.
Gibbon|James Cotter Morison