misappreciation

misappreciation
a) A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.

It is the duty of the individual juror to strive to avoid any misappreciation of the evidence, no matter how it is represented by the barristers.

b) An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.

Although he claims to be a postmodernist, his misappreciation of the philosophy is such that he still clings to the idea of absolute truth.

See Also: disappreciation, misappreciate

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