misconstrue in English

verb

1

interpret (something, especially a person's words or actions) wrongly.

my advice was deliberately misconstrued

synonyms: misunderstand, misinterpret, misconceive, misapprehend, mistake, misread, be mistaken about, get the wrong idea about, get it/someone wrong

verb

• misunderstand, misinterpret, misconceive, misapprehend, mistake, misread, be mistaken about, get the wrong idea about, get it/someone wrong
• misapprehend, misinterpret, misunderstand, misconceive

Use "misconstrue" in a sentence

1. Don't misconstrue what I am about to say...

2. An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the relationship.

3. It is easy to misconstrue confidence as arrogance.

4. Do not misconstrue it as an effort to exert force or pressure.

5. You can put out a 'scientific' study that's hard to understand and easy to misconstrue.

6. A lasting source of happiness. Unfortunately, I believe that happiness evades many because they misconstrue the process.

7. Yet many leaders fail to motivate people to achieve results because those leaders misconstrue the concept and applications of motivation .

8. So autumn is a blatantly vital season, contrary to the allegations of sorrowful poets who misconstrue the message of dying leaves.

9. Mostly because they failed to work through what Seth Godin identifies as "The Dip" and proceed to misconstrue community values and attitudes.

10. To formulate laws based on a static concept of time, such as 'balance of nature, ' is to misconstrue the essence of the process.

11. Any discussion of weight and breast cancer is a politically sensitive topic, for some may misconstrue that as the medical establishment blaming victims for getting breast cancer.

12. But Larry Crag says his action is for misconstrue, saying he should not have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges involving lewd conduct in the man's room.

13. It is called 'bullwhip effect' that the enterprises in the supply chain misconstrue the demand information, which results in the upwards-magnifying phenomenon according to the levels.

14. You misconstrue his statement. I don't think the statements on rural illiteracy are true anymore. The statistics he cites are from the 50's and 60's.

15. Con‧strue /kənˈstruː/ ●○○ verb [ transitive] to understand a remark or action in a particular way → misConstrue be Construed as something comments that could be Construed as sexist The term can be …

16. If you are a public official or are doing business with someone who is a public official, there is always a risk that other people will misconstrue your innocent transactions as Briberies