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Recent Examples of misconstrue 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 In retrospect Winnie realizes it was misconstrued. Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025 But it definitely got misconstrued and perceived in a different way. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misconstrue
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Verb
  • Lambert said that misunderstanding the limits of local authority likely fueled the online reaction.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But to argue that any of this research adds up to a substantial account of intelligence misunderstands the nature of such human traits and what can be expected from scientific explanations of them.
    Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Her self-annihilation is grisly and impossible to misinterpret as a final repudiation of her role in the HMS Courageous bombing and, until Grace announces she’d like Hal to be her vice-president, is the most intense and far-reaching twist of the episode.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Mainstream rap nowadays is suffocating from meaningless rivalries, subliminal shots for stans to decode and misinterpret, and redundant talk of who’s really in the streets and who’s snitching.
    Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • This badly misreads Gaza's political culture.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Misconstrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconstrue. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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