as in misunderstanding
a failure to understand correctly
there are several words in English that are the result of the common misconstruing of singular forms as plurals
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as in misinterpreting
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
claimed that the press had misconstrued her comments
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Noun
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Outside the courtroom, his parents told KOMO the situation is a misunderstanding.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Usually there’s some history of misunderstandings, hurt feelings or real transgressions.—
Ingrid Schmidt,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Further, missing a clause or misinterpreting a material contract provision can create serious financial or legal implications.—
Matias Recchia,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Simpson was misinterpreting life expectancy statistics and their bearing on Social Security.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and a vocal Kennedy critic, said Trump might be misreading the MAHA appeal in trying to appease his base.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The interference has included both jamming—overpowering communications with strong radio signals—and spoofing, which tricks receivers into misreading their location or even the time.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Misconstruing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconstruing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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