Past tense of misconstrue
regular verb
The past tense of misconstrue is misconstrued. The past participle is also misconstrued.
Forms of misconstrue
| Base form (V1) | misconstrue /mɪskənˈstɹuː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | misconstrued |
| Past participle (V3) | misconstrued |
| Present participle | misconstruing |
| Third person singular | misconstrues |
Misconstrued in a sentence
- His words were misconstrued as an insult.
- The name later came to be misvocalized and misconstrued as if there were such a pagan god.2018, Saul A. Kripke, Reference and Existence: The John Locke Lectures, page 70. From the entry misvocalize
- The self may enact its distress as well as explain it, but the enactment can be misconstrued.1982, David C. Taylor, “The Components of Sickness: Diseases, Illnesses and Predicaments”, in John Apley, Christopher Ounsted, editors…. From the entry rôle-playing
- Nouns that can be misconstrued as verbs and vice versa are, in fact, the hallmarks of the crash blossom.2010 January 27, Ben Zimmer, “Crash Blossoms”, On Language, in New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2010. From the entry crash blossom
Meaning of misconstrue
- verb To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
Questions about the past tense of misconstrue
- What is the past tense of misconstrue?
- The past tense of misconstrue is misconstrued.
- What is the past participle of misconstrue?
- The past participle of misconstrue is misconstrued.
- Is misconstrue a regular or irregular verb?
- Misconstrue is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misconstrue (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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