[
US
/mɪskənˈstɹu/
]
[ UK /mɪskənstɹˈuː/ ]
[ UK /mɪskənstɹˈuː/ ]
VERB
-
interpret in the wrong way
She misconstrued my remarks
Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
How To Use misconstrue In A Sentence
- The notion of legal matrimony as a blessed union of souls is as misconstrued as it is unnecessary.
- The media deliberately misconstrue things because they want to confuse people.
- Palmer's obliquity should not be misconstrued as cold blood, his hiddenness as hermeticism.
- I am terribly sorry that this inside joke has been misconstrued to be a slur on any other president.
- Everything was out in the open, there was no real danger of my position being misconstrued.
- Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism; She misconstrued my remarks.
- It is easy to misconstrue confidence as arrogance.
- I was very stern - no hanky-panky and no unnecessary smiling which could be misconstrued.
- He added that he also saw the column as an opportunity to combat peoples 'tendency to "misconstrue" his words: "I feel like when I'm the only one writing, it's not like' Telephone '... <i>Page Six Magazine</i>'s Liam McMullan On New Column: 'It's Going to Be More About What I See Than What I Do'
- An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship.