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misconstructive

misconstructive adjective: being or relating to a misconstruction.

Adjective

misconstructive (comparative more misconstructive, superlative most misconstructive)

  1. Being or relating to a misconstruction.
    • Her counsel has complained of the charge of the judge, as unprecedented, an innovation on our rules of practice, misconstructive of the true meaning of the law, and referring to laws not applicable to the sale.1854, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, page 444

Forms of misconstructive

comparativemore misconstructive
superlativemost misconstructive

Origin of misconstructive

From mis- + constructive.

Questions about misconstructive

What does misconstructive mean?
Misconstructive means being or relating to a misconstruction.
What part of speech is misconstructive?
Misconstructive is an adjective.

Words near misconstructive in the dictionary

  1. misconstruct
  2. misconstructed
  3. misconstructing
  4. misconstruction
  5. misconstructions
  6. misconstructive
  7. misconstructs
  8. misconstrue
  9. misconstrued
  10. misconstruer
  11. misconstruers

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