misconstrue
to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
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In the often-misconstrued words of Barack Obama in 2012, “You didn’t build that.”
Why Legacy Wealth Is an Easy Target to Fund Infrastructure | Philip Elliott | August 20, 2021 | TimeMisidentifying location for video of these events misconstrues the reality of the situation for those watching from afar.
How to spot a fake video | Elyse Samuels, Sarah Cahlan, Emily Sabens | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostFellache is hardly alone in recognizing the power of asynchronous meetings as an attractive alternative to phone calls, real-time meetings and even email, where tone is often lost and content can be misconstrued.
A new asynchronous video startup, Weet, is helping employees communicate on their own schedule | Connie Loizos | March 4, 2021 | TechCrunchIf we’re not careful, we can be a threat to each other’s health, which can be misconstrued as reason to feel threatened in every way.
This odd Super Bowl will bring us together for a day. Let’s not take that for granted. | Jerry Brewer | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThat’s where the oft-misconstrued story of Onesimus comes in.
Pig sex and celery have a surprising connection | PopSci Staff | September 30, 2020 | Popular-Science
Surely, an unreconstructed snob could misconstrue much more.
"After the Mark Sanford thing, I didn't want anybody to misconstrue [my vacation]," Flake said.
The fairest observers misconstrue all motives to action, where any received prepossession has found an hypothesis.
Camilla | Fanny BurneyI put in, to laugh Uvo out of the morbid vein which I understood in him but others might easily misconstrue.
Witching Hill | E. W. HornungLet us find out what we are talking about, lest we should misconstrue and misunderstand each other.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated | Sir Walter ScottBut we must not misconstrue words in our versions of a style so loose.
The Apostles | Ernest RenanYou will not misconstrue my words, but—but life is not always the same, is it?
Gordon Craig | Randall Parrish
British Dictionary definitions for misconstrue
/ (ˌmɪskənˈstruː) /
(tr) to interpret mistakenly
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