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misconˈstruction
[mis-1 4.]
1. The action of misconstruing; the putting of a wrong construction on words or actions.
1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 760 Sometime a thing right well entended, oure misconstruction turneth it to worsse. 1605Shakes. Lear ii. ii. 124. 1662 Bk. Com. Prayer Pref., Words and phrases..liable to misconstruction. 1677A. Horneck Gt. Law Consid. ii. (1704) 58 Misconstructions of the ways of God. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. 210 To rectify the misconstruction that had been put upon his words. 1846Mirror of Literature Sept. 119 Being well aware that misconstructions are apt to be placed on the projector of any new scheme. 1885Law Times Rep. LII. (N.S.) 675/1 The language..is open to misconstruction.
2. Faulty or bad construction. rare.
1819W. S. Rose Lett. II. 21 Misconstructions and misconjugations allowed in the Tuscan and rejected in the Italian. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 56 Some misconstruction or misaffection of the cerebral organs. Ibid. 408. |