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Synonyms & Antonyms of misconstruing
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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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misconstruing
verb
present participle of misconstrue
Synonyms & Antonyms of misconstruing (Entry 2 of 2)
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
- claimed that the press had misconstrued her comments
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“Misconstruing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misconstruing. Accessed 25 Jul. 2021.
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