misconstruation

Definitions

The act or process of misconstruing.

countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable

Examples

“A fairly close⟳ scrutiny has failed to find⟳ material errors. (We did note⟳ the undoubted substitution of the term “carbon monoxide” for “carbon tetrachloride” in the reference to Boveri on page 275, but the context would prevent⟳ misconstruations here.)”

“1978, Since they acted as ‘the eyes and ears of the Sultan, no laxity was permitted to them and a slight delay⟳ or misconstruation of information was treated as a contempt of Royalty and meted with death’ - Meera Singh, Medieval History of India, Vikas Publishing House.”

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