Explore Misconstrue through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like misinterpret or misconceive. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Misconstrue meaning
To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
Synonyms of Misconstrue
Using Misconstrue
- The main meaning on this page is: To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- Useful related words include: misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend.
Context around Misconstrue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misconstrue
- In this selection, "misconstrue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, someone and reality stand out and add context to how "misconstrue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include anyone to misconstrue his presence and anyone would misconstrue my view. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misconstrue" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misconstrue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Do not misconstrue that. (4 words)
After all, it can misconstrue someone’s content as AI-written. (11 words)
Yes, of course presidents and prime ministers occasionally misdirect, or misconstrue reality, or even ignore clear facts or evidence, but promiscuous, ignorant, constant lying? (24 words)
Justice Isa further clarified that he was impartial to the political discussion taking place at the house and did not want anyone to misconstrue his presence at the session as his agreement with what was being said. (37 words)
In case anyone would misconstrue my view, let me be unequivocal – the police and all other institutions should remove this word from their guidelines and other documents, and should discontinue using it. (32 words)
Yes, of course presidents and prime ministers occasionally misdirect, or misconstrue reality, or even ignore clear facts or evidence, but promiscuous, ignorant, constant lying? (24 words)
Yes, of course presidents and prime ministers occasionally misdirect, or misconstrue reality, or even ignore clear facts or evidence, but promiscuous, ignorant, constant lying? (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
After all, it can misconstrue someone’s content as AI-written.
Justice Isa further clarified that he was impartial to the political discussion taking place at the house and did not want anyone to misconstrue his presence at the session as his agreement with what was being said.
In case anyone would misconstrue my view, let me be unequivocal – the police and all other institutions should remove this word from their guidelines and other documents, and should discontinue using it.
Do not misconstrue that.
Yes, of course presidents and prime ministers occasionally misdirect, or misconstrue reality, or even ignore clear facts or evidence, but promiscuous, ignorant, constant lying?