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.
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Misconstruction
Synonyms for "misconstruction" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
aberrancyaberrationabuse of termsantiphrasisbarbarismcatachresiscoloringconfabulationcontortingcorruptiondefectivenessdelusiondeviancydistortioneisegesisequivocationerrancyerroneousnesserrorerror in judgment
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Noun(1 words)
defective build
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Noun(5 words)
false interpretationfaulty constructionfaulty readingfaulty syntaxgrammatical error
Related words (56)
misconceptionmisconjecturemisdirectionmisdoingmisestimationmisevaluationmisexplanationmisexplicationmisexpositionmisfeasancemisintelligencemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmisquotationmisreadingmisrenderingmisrepresentationmissayingmisstatementmistranslation
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misunderstandingmisusagemisusemisuse of wordsmisvaluationpeccancyperjuryperversionpoor judgmentprevaricationself-contradictionsinsinfulnessskewed judgmentslantingsolecismsqueezingstickstrainingtorturingtwisttwistingungrammaticismunorthodoxyuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnesswrenchingwrongwrong constructionwrong impressionwrongness
Noun(4 words)
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6 entriescomma splicedangling modifierdefective partfalse inferencefaulty assemblymisread data
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6 entriesfalse interpretationfaulty constructiongrammatical errormisinterpretationshoddy constructionwrong construction
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2 total sentences available.
a misconstruction of the law
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