Sentence example with the word 'misconstrue'

misconstrue

bias, err, gloss, misapprehend, misconceive, misesteem, misexplicate, misquote, misrepresent, misunderstand, slant, torture

Definition v. interpret in the wrong way

Last update: August 20, 2015


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It is important that we do not misconstrue his thought here.   [verb]

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Sometimes some Hackers misconstrue the meaning of hacking and let it take on its appearence of what people think of it.   [verb]

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He is known to misconstrue the events.   [verb]

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"I shall fall young," he said, "if fall I must, my motives misconstrued, and my actions condemned, by those whose approbation is dearest to me."   [verb]

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Captain Waverley's character is so open--is, in short, of that nature that it cannot be misconstrued, either in its strength or its weakness.   [verb]

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Still, when I reached my chamber, I felt a pang at the idea she should even temporarily misconstrue what she had seen.   [verb]

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Reeve (1952:940) somehow misconstrued this statement to read "Jorullo, above Zumpango (Smith and Taylor, 1950b)."   [Please select]

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He had misconstrued Jessica's flushing silence, and the inference stung.   [Please select]

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When Hugh did not answer, the bishop misconstrued the silence.   [Please select]

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And then the measure--" "Is it possible that I have misconstrued its import.   [Please select]

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And, lest he might misconstrue her remark, she avoided his eyes.   [Please select]

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