as in to misunderstand
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
claimed that the press had misconstrued her comments
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Recent Examples of misconstrue
But no matter the intent, intent can be right, but when things get misconstrued or however the media wants to portray it, that leaves a void of silence and a lot of questions for the guys on our team.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
No good will come to the Palestinian cause from any association, however misconstrued, with violent attacks such as the one in Manchester.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Knox’s first interview with the police was without a translator and many of her statements appeared to be misconstrued.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
But for others, this stability is misconstrued as a sign that effort is no longer needed.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
No good will come to the Palestinian cause from any association, however misconstrued, with violent attacks such as the one in Manchester.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Knox’s first interview with the police was without a translator and many of her statements appeared to be misconstrued.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
But for others, this stability is misconstrued as a sign that effort is no longer needed.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconstrue
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Perception can lead to misunderstanding Perception is how countries view each other’s actions.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Does the music feel lesser or compromised to you, or are the critics being unfair or just misunderstanding the new album?—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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Garth Shanklin, New Richmond's director of communications, said the district misinterpreted the department's letter.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Visconti said Kirk's detractors typically misinterpreted Kirk or twisted his comments out of context.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Bigelow’s sympathetic eye for her functionaries risks the film being misread as an argument for more robust military funding.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The sensors meant to detect hull strain didn’t trigger proper alarms and engineers misread or dismissed the data, the report found.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Misconstrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconstrue. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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