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to misconstrue
01
to interpret or understand something incorrectly
Transitive: to misconstrue a remark
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
misconstrue
3rd person singular
misconstrues
Present participle
misconstruing
Past simple
misconstrued
Past participle
misconstrued
Examples
She misconstrued his silence as indifference, but he was simply deep in thought.
Lexical Tree
misconstrue
construe
