misconstruction

plural misconstructions

1. Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it.
   1. countableuncountableA 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

   2. countableuncountableOther misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word.

      a misconstruction of the law

   3. countableuncountablegrammarAn ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word.
   4. countableuncommonuncountableThe act of misbuilding; an instance of it.