misknow

[ mis-noh ]

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verb (used with object),mis·knew, mis·known, mis·know·ing.

to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand: to misknow the problem.

Origin of misknow

¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, misknow is from the Middle English word misknowen.See mis-¹, know¹

Other words from misknow

mis·knowl·edge [mis-nol-ij], /mɪsˈnɒl ɪdʒ/, noun

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How to use misknow in a sentence

Then, surely, it were better that the translation had never been made; for to be unknown is better than to be misknown.
Vondel's Lucifer | Joost van den Vondel
Yes—there is something besides about Sette and Occy being either unknown or misknown, through the fault of their growing.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) | Frederic G. Kenyon
But great men are too often unknown, or what is worse, misknown.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History | Thomas Carlyle

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