The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misconstrue \Mis*con"strue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misconstrued; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconstruing.] To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent.
--Dryden.
Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued.
--Addison.
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vb. (present participle of misconstrue English)
Usage examples of "misconstruing".
Perhaps, Hamid-Jones told himself, he was misconstruing the Clonemaster's tone, but the remark had come out sounding more like criticism of the Emir than praise for the Vizier.
Wrong to attempt anything more now: a risk of herself misconstruing if she did.
They wanted there to be no possibility of the Gliksins misconstruing it as a stealthful attempt to eavesdrop—Ponter had explained the strange Gliksin obsession with privacy to the others.