misconstruction
misconstruction noun: a misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
Noun
misconstruction (countable and uncountable, plural misconstructions)
- A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
- Our attention has been called to the possibility of misconstruction in our reply given under the above heading in the December issue concerning track circuit through busy stations normally entered at low speeds.1941 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Track Circuit”, in Railway Magazine, page 142
- Other misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word.
- a misconstruction of the law
- An ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word.
- The act of misbuilding; an instance of it.
misconstruction meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
misconstruction in Tamil
- பிழை பொருள் கொளல், அர்த்தப்பிசகு, தவறாகப் பொருள் கோடல், பிழையாட்டுப் பொருள்கோள்
misconstruction in Urdu
- غلط مفہوم
misconstruction in Malayalam
- misapprehension, misunderstanding, misinterpretation
- ദുർവ്യാഖ്യാനം, തെറ്റുദ്ധാരണ, ധാരണാപ്പിശക്, ഭ്രാന്തി, തെറ്റിദ്ധരിക്കൽ, തെറ്റായധാരണ
misconstruction in Kannada
- ಅಪಾರ್ಥಕಲ್ಪನೆ, ತಪ್ಪುಕಲ್ಪನೆ, ತಪ್ಪುಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ, ಅಪಪ್ರಯೋಗ, ತಪ್ಪುಬಳಕೆ
Forms of misconstruction
| plural | misconstructions |
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Origin of misconstruction
From mis- + construction.
Questions about misconstruction
- What does misconstruction mean?
- Misconstruction means a misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
- What is misconstruction in Tamil?
- Misconstruction in Tamil is பிழை பொருள் கொளல், அர்த்தப்பிசகு, தவறாகப் பொருள் கோடல். See Misconstruction meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misconstruction?
- Misconstruction is a noun.
- What is the plural of misconstruction?
- The plural of misconstruction is misconstructions.
Words near misconstruction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misconstruction (page history and authors); misconstruction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconstruction (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconstruction (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); misconstruction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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