as in misunderstandings
a failure to understand correctly
his misconstruction of the blueprints led to some costly and time-consuming repairs
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Noun
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This can escalate misunderstandings.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026 -
The premise that Valerie must keep that AI secret from the rest of her cast, and from the industry as a whole, gives this season a solid comedic game and allows for the kind of misunderstandings and humiliations that are the meat and potatoes of classic situation comedy.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Beatty said those early misinterpretations frequently determine what evidence exists later.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Jan. 2026
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Doubts have been cast on jobs data due to misinterpretations of the labor bureau’s routine reviews of its statistics and its admissions about the difficulty of getting answers to its employment surveys.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Misconstructions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconstructions. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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