# misappreciation

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.
2. An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.

## Etymology
From mis- + appreciation.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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