Usually means: Misunderstanding the meaning or intent.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word Misconstruing:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. misconstruing: Merriam-Webster
  2. misconstruing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misconstruing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. misconstruing: Vocabulary.com
  5. misconstruing: Wordnik
  6. misconstruing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. misconstruing: Wiktionary
  8. Misconstruing, misconstruing: Dictionary.com
  9. misconstruing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Misconstruing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Misconstruing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. misconstruing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. misconstruing: FreeDictionary.org
  14. misconstruing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misconstruing: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misconstrue as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misconstruing)

▸ noun:  An instance of something being misconstrued; a misconstrual.

Similar:
misapprehend, misinterpret, misunderstand, misconceive, misconstruction, misconstruance, misconstruation, misconstrual, misconstruer, misconceivedness, more...

Types:
misunderstanding, misinterpreting, mislead, more...



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Similar:
misapprehend, misinterpret, misunderstand, misconceive, misconstruction, misconstruance, misconstruation, misconstrual, misconstruer, misconceivedness, more...

Types:
misunderstanding, misinterpreting, mislead, more...



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