Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An inaccurate explanation, interpretation, or report; a misunderstanding.
- n. Grammar A faulty construction, especially of a sentence or clause.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of misconstruing; wrong interpretation; a mistaking of the true meaning.
Wiktionary
- n. a misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from the use of the wrong meaning of a word that has multiple meanings
- n. grammar an ungrammatical phrase
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
- n. an ungrammatical constituent
Etymologies
- mis- + construction (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term misconstruction was used by the Congress of 1791 ... as misconstruction is verifiable truth ... the historical proof.”
“Barton apologizes for 'misconstruction' of BP apology”
The Washington Post: Boehner, Cantor and Pence say Barton was wrong
“He had written his wife at the same time, leaving her free to remain at Fürstenstein, or to join him at once and go with him to her old home to see her brother again; now, after two weeks, if she chose to leave, no "misconstruction" could be placed upon her departure.”
“Note the date and the complete misconstruction of what I said.”
The Washington Post: Todd Palin responds to Joe Miller e-mail flap
“Never in our experience as pollsters can we recall such self-deluding misconstruction of survey data.”
“In this instance, errors tend to entrench “bad law,” where “bad law” amount to deliberate misconstruction of binding precedent.”
“Merchants that accept debit cards "are substantially harmed" by the Fed's "misconstruction" of the Dodd-Frank law's provision limiting debit card fees, the plaintiffs said in the lawsuit.”
The Wall Street Journal: Retailers Sue Fed Over Debit-Card Fee Rule
“But this is largely a misconstruction of the whole issue.”
“Blaming it solely on population pressure is a misconstruction from theory.”
Environmentalist Forecasting Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Representative JOE BARTON (Republican, Texas): I want to apologize for that misconstrued - misconstruction.”
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Words taken from I, Claudius by Robert Graves.
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