misconstrue
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
misconstrue (misconstrues, present participle misconstruing; past and past participle misconstrued)
- (transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- 1975: Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover from the album Still Crazy after All These Years.
- […] furthermore, I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued […]
- 1975: Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover from the album Still Crazy after All These Years.
- German: fehldeuten, falsch deuten, falsch interpretieren
- Russian: неправильно понять
- Spanish: malinterpretar
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