Misconstruction

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it.; A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings. countable, uncountable

    "Our attention has been called to the possibility of misconstruction in our reply given under the above heading in the December issue concerning track circuit through busy stations normally entered at low speeds."

  2. 2
    an ungrammatical constituent wordnet
  3. 3
    Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it.; Other misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word. countable, uncountable

    "a misconstruction of the law"

  4. 4
    a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) wordnet
  5. 5
    Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it.; An ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it.; The act of misbuilding; an instance of it. countable, uncommon, uncountable

Synonyms

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misconstrualaberrancyaberrationabuse of termsantiphrasisbarbarism

Example

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"Our attention has been called to the possibility of misconstruction in our reply given under the above heading in the December issue concerning track circuit through busy stations normally entered at low speeds."

Etymology

From mis- + construction.

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