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
And there are those who misconstrue a factual anecdote for boastfulness.
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Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
That reminds me a lot of the ways footage or stories around trans people and their actions in the world can be distorted and misconstrued and twisted in a different way to work against us.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
Finally, the policy misconstrues preventative care.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
Some of the viral videos and social media posts have misconstrued publicly available information.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for misconstrue
Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
That reminds me a lot of the ways footage or stories around trans people and their actions in the world can be distorted and misconstrued and twisted in a different way to work against us.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
Finally, the policy misconstrues preventative care.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
Some of the viral videos and social media posts have misconstrued publicly available information.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for misconstrue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconstrue
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Offshore planning that relies primarily on obscurity misunderstands how transparent global finance has become.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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This epic fantasy follows Nausicaa’s efforts to protect animal welfare through peaceful measures and negotiations with her community, who misunderstand and mistreat animals.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Fall hopes the data will be useful for policymakers but also worries about them being misinterpreted.—
Lori Youmshajekian,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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With multimodal input from different sensing techniques, such as vision, touch, and joint position awareness, the robot is less likely to misinterpret complex situations.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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As regulators weigh updates to the EU’s audiovisual rules amid concerns that existing regulations have failed to create a level playing field between broadcasters, streaming services and video-sharing platforms, Sarandos said policymakers are totally misreading the landscape’s shifting dynamics.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Such are the perils of polling in which thin samples, shaky turnout guesses and voters who increasingly refuse to answer surveys can produce numbers that look precise but badly misread the electorate.—
Karen Brooks Harper
Austin Bureau,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Misconstrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconstrue. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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