misappreciation means A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “misappreciation” is a great word
MISAPPRECIATION — [Noun] A failure to correctly understand or properly value something. Formed within English from the prefix mis- (expressing error or wrongness) + the noun appreciation (from French appréciation, ultimately from Latin appretiare, "to set a price on, appraise"). Unlike misapprehension, which denotes a specific failure to grasp a fact, or undervaluation, which implies a low estimate of worth, misappreciation is the subtler, comprehensive failure of both perception and judgment. It is the scholar parsing a love letter's grammar while deaf to its longing, the curator preserving an artifact yet dismissing its soul, or the heir selling a portrait for the price of its frame. It is the quiet tragedy of pricing the world without knowing its currency.
noun
- 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.”
- An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.“"He might not have meant to ignore her," answered Isabel thoughtfully; "he might have chosen not to introduce her because he felt too proud of her to subject her to any possible misappreciation from them."”