Synonyms for misappreciation
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Error — A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a…
2. Disdain — an observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing
Definitions
- n. 1
A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.
Although he claims to be a postmodernist, his misappreciation of the philosophy is such that he still clings to the idea of absolute truth.
- n. 2
An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.
Forms
- Plural
- misappreciations → errors, mistakes, misunderstandings, misapprehensions…
Example sentences
- mistake If that man makes one more mistake, I'll fire him.
- error He looked over the text, but overlooked the error.
- misunderstanding I think there has been some misunderstanding here.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| misappreciation | falling | |
| mistake | rising | |
| error | steady | |
| misunderstanding | steady | |
| misapprehension | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- error2, scorn1
- 7 letters
- mistake2, disdain2
- 11 letters
- despisement
- 15 letters
- misapprehension5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).