misconstruct

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/ˌmɪskənˈstɹʌkt/

verb

To construct wrongly.

“Near-synonyms: misinterpret, misportray, misapprehend, miscomprehend, misunderstand”

Similar
misbuildmisconstruemisinterpretmisportraymisapprehendmiscomprehendmisunderstand
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Meanings

verbmisconstruct (third-person singular simple present misconstructs, present participle misconstructing, simple past and past participle misconstructed)

present singular third person misconstructs · participle present misconstructing · participle past misconstructed · past misconstructed

  1. To construct wrongly.

    Synonyms: misbuild

  2. To construe or interpret erroneously.

    Near-synonyms: misinterpret, misportray, misapprehend, miscomprehend, misunderstand

    Synonyms: misconstrue, misinterpret, misportray, misapprehend, miscomprehend, misunderstand

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo construct wrongly.

Similar
misbuild

verbTo construe or interpret erroneously.

Similar
misconstruemisinterpretmisportraymisapprehendmiscomprehendmisunderstand
Also see
misbuildmisconstrue

Origin

From mis- + construct.

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Cite this entry
APA

misconstruct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconstruct

MLA

“misconstruct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconstruct. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misconstruct,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconstruct.

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