misconstruction

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
noun an ungrammatical constituent

From mis- + construction.

To attack Royalism is a misconstruction of liberalism. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Happily, too, Stephen's misconstruction of the affair had been corrected. — The Loyalist: A Story of the American Revolution, James Francis Barrett
“I have exposed myself to worse misconstruction than that,” she said. — The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins

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