misknown

verb

past participle of misknow
as in missed
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of so often, for all of our presumption, we misknow the hearts of others

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  1. missed
  2. mistaken
  3. misunderstood
Verb
  • Conwell made all four of his free throws, including two after missed three pointers.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Royals star Salvador Perez missed Thursday’s game with soreness in his right elbow.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of missed
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  • Rock glaciers are slow-moving masses of rock debris and ice that flow downhill the same way that glaciers do, but they are covered by a thick layer of rock and boulders that can easily be mistaken for stable ground.
    — Ashlesha Khatiwada, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
  • One shopper shared that fashion insiders have even mistaken it for a designer piece—honestly, same.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
Definition of mistaken
Verb
  • Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of misunderstood
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