misconstruction
1
8.3
- noun
- /ˌmɪskənˈstrʌkʃən/
:
mala interpretación
- The speaker clarified his statement to avoid any further misconstruction of his intentions.
Examples
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Just to add, not only does there seem to be widespread misconstruction of the Scientific Method, there seems also to be an even more worrying inability to distinguish between the Scientific Method and the science itself.
Blog text (15) -
This element in experience is too large to be put aside merely as misconstruction.
Academic text (1991) -
EMI's case relied on several misconstructions of the nature of these services, and the judge turned those aside.
Blog text (9) -
Cartel members can present the "subversive" argument to sympathetic university officials when its author is not on hand to rebut the argument's misconstruction.
Academic text (1991) -
Many people have accused the article of being a misconstruction of the facts presented.
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To prevent misconstruction in the report, the author included detailed explanations of each finding.
Synonyms
243
1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
12
6.8
A wrong idea about something
11
6.0
A wrong understanding of something that leads to wrong conclusions
9
3.6
A wrong decision about a person or situation
6
4.0
A wrong idea about what someone wrote or said
6
8.3
A wrong description that makes a person or event seem bad
5
7.5
A wrong idea about what something means
3
7.5
A wrong idea someone has about something
A wrong idea about what someone says or does
A failure to understand something correctly
A wrong understanding of what someone wrote or said
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
misconstruction = construction (transparent) = mis + construction
Formed by productive prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' + 'construction' (interpretation), so the meaning 'wrong interpretation' is directly derived.
Etymology
Misconstruction comes from mis- meaning 'wrong' and construct meaning 'to build', as in construction, a building. So a misconstruction is like 'building' the wrong idea about someone's words or actions, which is why it means an incorrect interpretation.