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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.
- I was interviewed by your paper last week and feel that some of what I have said was misconstrued in the article.
- They were never trusted, their simplest, most innocent acts were misconstrued, their word doubted, and, as in Beverly's case, Miss Woodhull had more than once cruelly baited and insulted them. A Dixie School Girl
- No, because now it would be unadvisable from a lawyer's point of view, because it would be misconstrued.
- From what I've seen the press have been careful not to 'misconstrue' his remarks surprise surprise but in this case I can see how skewered his mentality is. The Ultra-Moonbat Strikes Again
- This both misconstrues the data and misses the point.
- To make this mistake is to misconstrue the personal nature of power.
- An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship.
- 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'