misconceive

How To Use misconceive In A Sentence

• The project is misconceived as it is purely tactical. Times, Sunday Times
• However, to this challenge it might be replied that it misconceives how (P3) is to be interpreted: (P3), it may be said, is not intended to apply to properties understood as universals, but only to so-called particularised properties (otherwise variously known as property instances, individual accidents, tropes, or modes). Ontological Dependence
• The second concern, over the inflationary threat from a less productive economy, is better founded but equally misconceived. Times, Sunday Times
• If environmentalist opposition groups fail to understand that, and their misconceived contrariety prevails to the point where this town loses the chance for this university campus, their credibility will suffer a mortal blow.
• The very idea of a war on terror was profoundly misconceived from the start.
• The first of these criticisms misconceives the nature of the international legal system.
• Genuine reform of the universities has proceeded perhaps more effectively because the propaganda has so totally misconceived the changes taking place.
• In our view this submission is entirely misconceived and misunderstands the effect of these cases.
• The misconceived refusal to give Charlie Adam a penalty and send off Philippe Senderos on the hour, a spoilsport decision to disallow a goal for Luis Suárez midway through the second half and a red card for the young midfielder Jay Spearing a few minutes later prefaced a crescendo of Fulham attacking which ended with a dreadful Pepe Reina error and a decisive tap-in for Clint Dempsey. Andy Carroll's ineffectiveness adds to Liverpool frustration at Fulham | Richard Williams
• The housing needs of our inner cities have been misconceived from the start.