Meaning

2 senses

  1. To construct wrongly.

  2. To construe or interpret erroneously.

    Near-synonyms: misinterpret, misportray, misapprehend, miscomprehend, misunderstand

Origin

From mis- + construct.

From mis- + construct.

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Forms

misconstructs, misconstructing, misconstructed, misconstructed
Base formmisconstruct · to misconstruct
3rd person singularmisconstructs
Present participlemisconstructing
Past simplemisconstructed
Past participlemisconstructed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisconstruct
he, she, itmisconstructs

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisconstructed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misconstructed
he, she, ithas misconstructed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misconstruct

Synonyms

7 synonyms
misunderstandB2misbuildmisconstruemisinterpretmisportraymisapprehendmiscomprehend

Word family

3 related words
RelateddestructionB1malconstructionmisconstruction

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mischievousmisconceptionB2misconductmisconstruemiscreantmisdeed
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