transitive verb

• Misconstrue (something)

  ‘I dread that it might be seen and misconstructed’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Utilitarianism in Victorian England was often misconstructed as essentially anti-art, indeed as the doctrine of cultural philistines.’
  • ‘She's claiming the things she said were ‘misused and misconstructed,’ by Vanity Fair.’
  • ‘Such misogynist rituals must not, however, be misconstructed as "culture" but must be challenged as basic human rights concerns.’