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misconstrues

misconstrues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misconstrue.

Meaning of misconstrue

Verb

misconstrue (third-person singular simple present misconstrues, present participle misconstruing, simple past and past participle misconstrued)

  1. (transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
    • His words were misconstrued as an insult.

Questions about misconstrues

What is misconstrues the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misconstrues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misconstrue.

Words near misconstrues in the dictionary

  1. misconstructs
  2. misconstrue
  3. misconstrued
  4. misconstruer
  5. misconstruers
  6. misconstrues
  7. misconstruing
  8. misconstruings
  9. misconsume
  10. misconsumed
  11. misconsumes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misconstrues (page history and authors); misconstrue (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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