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Associations of "Misconceptions" (30 Words)
| bias | Cause to be biased. The bias towards younger people in recruitment. |
| deliberately | In a deliberate unhurried manner. She was working deliberately. |
| error | The occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer. The crash was caused by human error. |
| fallacy | Faulty reasoning. The notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy. |
| fallibility | The likelihood of making errors. Studies on the fallibility of memory and perception. |
| fallible | Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. I m only a fallible human. |
| fault | Of a rock formation be broken by a fault or faults. The continental crust has been thinned and faulted as a result of geological processes. |
| inaccurate | Not accurate. The thermometer is inaccurate. |
| inappropriate | Not in keeping with what is correct or proper. Put inappropriate pressure on them. |
| misapprehend | Fail to understand (a person or their words) correctly; misinterpret. They seemed not to mind that their more profound utterances were misapprehended as self help maxims. |
| misapprehension | A mistaken belief about or interpretation of something. People tried to exchange the vouchers under the misapprehension that they were book tokens. |
| misconceive | Judge or plan badly, typically on the basis of faulty understanding. Some academic latinists did misconceive Pound s poem in that way. |
| misconduct | Behave badly. Smith got a game misconduct for spearing Nick Kypreos. |
| misconstrue | Interpret (a person’s words or actions) wrongly. She misconstrued my remarks. |
| miscount | An incorrect reckoning. A miscount necessitates a recount. |
| misdirect | Put a wrong address on. Misdirect the letter. |
| misguide | Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. A long survey that can only baffle and misguide the general reader. |
| misinform | Give (someone) false or inaccurate information. I m afraid you have been misinformed. |
| misinterpret | Interpret wrongly. I think you re misinterpreting the situation. |
| mislead | Give false or misleading information to. The government misled the public about the road's environmental impact. |
| misplaced | (of a feeling or emotion) directed unwisely or to an inappropriate object. He began to wonder if his sympathy was misplaced. |
| misread | Judge or interpret (a situation or a person’s manner or behaviour) incorrectly. I misread Hamlet all my life. |
| mistake | To make a mistake or be incorrect. He wasn t going to admit his mistake. |
| misunderstand | Fail to interpret or understand the words or actions of (someone) correctly. Don t misunderstand me I m not implying she should be working. |
| misunderstanding | A failure to understand something correctly. A misunderstanding of the government s plans. |
| misunderstood | Wrongly understood. He is one of football s most misunderstood men. |
| overrate | Have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved. His father greatly overrated his abilities. |
| pervert | Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. |
| sheer | Cause to sheer. Sheer silk stockings. |
| wrong | Treat unjustly do wrong to. I have done you a great wrong. |
