misconstruation
UK/mɪskənˈstɹuːeɪʃən/
misconstruation noun: the act or process of misconstruing.
Noun
misconstruation (countable and uncountable, plural misconstruations)
- The act or process of misconstruing.
- A fairly close scrutiny has failed to find material errors. (We did note the undoubted substitution of the term “carbon monoxide” for “carbon tetrachloride” in the reference to Boveri on page 275, but the context would prevent misconstruations here.)1934 September, Emery R[oe] Hayhurst, “Industrial Toxicology—By Alice Hamilton, M.D. […]”, in American Journal of Public Health and The Nation’s Health, volume 24, number 9, Albany, N.Y.; New York...
- 1978, Since they acted as ‘the eyes and ears of the Sultan, no laxity was permitted to them and a slight delay or misconstruation of information was treated as a contempt of Royalty and meted with death’ - Meera Singh, Medieval History of India, Vikas Publishing House.
- Synonyms:
- misconstrual, misconstruance, misconstruction
Synonyms of misconstruation
Forms of misconstruation
| plural | misconstruations |
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Origin of misconstruation
From misconstrue + -ation.
Questions about misconstruation
- What does misconstruation mean?
- Misconstruation means the act or process of misconstruing.
- What part of speech is misconstruation?
- Misconstruation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce misconstruation?
- Misconstruation is pronounced /mɪskənˈstɹuːeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of misconstruation?
- The plural of misconstruation is misconstruations.
Words near misconstruation in the dictionary
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