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
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.
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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
Ryan Heiden, a labor attorney working with the city from Milwaukee firm von Briesen & Roper, advised the committee against putting any intentions in writing, warning that it could be misconstrued if in the years to come the two departments do indeed merge.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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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
Ryan Heiden, a labor attorney working with the city from Milwaukee firm von Briesen & Roper, advised the committee against putting any intentions in writing, warning that it could be misconstrued if in the years to come the two departments do indeed merge.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconstrue
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Requiring them to operate as ordinary MPIA applicants misunderstands their role and undermines their purpose.—
Vaughn Stewart,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Mar. 2026
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But people also misunderstand sharia and how it is applied, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.—
Rachel Royster
Updated March 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 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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One reason is that your words could come across differently depending on the person reading the message, so stick to using short sentences to avoid being misinterpreted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Industry guidance from Innovative Toll Solutions says common errors include misread license plates, toll tags that aren’t properly registered, duplicate transactions, or system glitches.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Feb. 2026
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The financial consequences of misreading customer sentiment underscore the stakes.—
Betsy Atkins,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Misconstrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconstrue. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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