misconstrued

verb

past tense of misconstrue
as in misunderstood
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of claimed that the press had misconstrued her comments

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Recent Examples of misconstrued His attorneys feared Paul was trying to coax Fauci to say something under oath that could be misconstrued and used to prosecute him. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Sanchez said that the ruling had been intentionally misconstrued by migrant smugglers to convince thousands of people to cross by swimming around the border fence. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 Sánchez said that the ruling had been intentionally misconstrued by migrant smugglers to persuade thousands of people to swim around the border fence. — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Sherman misconstrued my letter. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026 Over 50 people, including Churchill’s grandson, signed a letter saying Cammock had misconstrued the facts in her video. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026 Later, in the stadium, Amir Guerami from Westwood explained that many fans from the Southern California community wanted Iran to win but also wanted to make sure support of a team wasn’t misconstrued as support for the government. — Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 16 June 2026 Which, by the way, is also being misconstrued. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026 Some people may have misconstrued that as clear evidence that Guardiola, and City, have accepted the title race is over. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misconstrued
  1. misunderstood
  2. misinterpreted
  3. misread
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  • Mangione's attorneys then fired back Monday in a response to the DA's office's letter, saying prosecutors had misunderstood their position.
    — Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Definition of misunderstood
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  • However, experts say that legal decision was extremely narrow, with some arguing it was likely misinterpreted by migrants and traffickers.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Every interaction introduces new opportunities for sensitive information to be exposed, mishandled or misinterpreted.
    — Syed Ali, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of misinterpreted
Verb
  • But speed changed the game in a way many people misread, and the product still matters enormously.
    — Agustín Guerra, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, right fielder Jung Hoo Lee appeared to misread what should’ve been an inning-ending fly out off the bat of Duran.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of misread

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