Meaning of Misconstruction | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it.
   countable, uncountable
2. A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
   countable, uncountable
3. Other misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word.
   countable, uncountable
4. An ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act of misbuilding; an instance of it.
   countable, uncommon, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“a misconstruction of the law”

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