misconstrue

[ US /mɪskənˈstɹu/ ]
[ UK /mɪskənstɹˈuː/ ]
VERB
  1. interpret in the wrong way
    She misconstrued my remarks
    Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
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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.
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