Misknown

verb (used with object), mis·knew, mis·known, mis·know·ing.

to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand: to misknow the problem.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English misknowen. See mis-¹, know¹

Related forms

mis·knowl·edge

[mis-nol-ij] , noun

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