Meaning of misconstruance | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of misconstrual.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“In order⟳ to make⟳ myself perfectly clear so there can be no possible chance of misconstruance of my contention, I will state again ,I do not wish⟳ to see⟳ this government get⟳ into this war, for we are in a certain sense⟳ into it already, but to stay⟳ out off it.”

“Caleb was most high spirited those days, for the line in regard to the progress⟳ of Steve’s work⟳ was in truth an understatement if anything, even though the assurance of his happiness might have⟳ been called a misconstruance of facts.”

“Biographers and contemporary historians who paint⟳ only the pretty side of the picture have⟳ ceased to fool the public but their misconstruances are no more to be compared in effect with the fake realists than would be artificial sunlight and a darkened cellar deliberately filled with crawling creatures and slime.”

“This has been made necessary so each applicant will learn⟳ fully what the instruction is and eliminates the possibility of misconstruances of the type⟳ of instruction offered.”

“Morkan knew of two misconstruances in the letter. First, he was no more esteemed in Springfield than scrubby-dutch landlords were in St. Louis. Second, his quarry was a culvert compared to those he’d visited along the Mississippi, sites he was sure Senator McBride had seen.”

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