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misconstrues
  • present tense form of misconstrue (3rd person singular).

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This assertion also misconstrues the facts, according to KFF.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

An Uber spokesperson said in a statement that the "complaint misconstrues both the facts and the applicable law and we intend to defend ourselves accordingly."

From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2022

In his book “The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy,” Margolick shows, however, that that assumption misconstrues their relationship.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2018

And it misconstrues the relative importance and economic power of New Orleans and Houston.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2017

Wagner therefore misconstrues facts when he asserts that there have been no specifically Darwinian researches.

From At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers by O'Harra, Edwin V.