0 present participle of misconstrue
1 to form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says:
It would be misconstruing me to say it had nothing to do with goods being in short supply.
There is really a danger in misconstruing his statement.
I feel very strongly that my noble friend is emphasising a point that might arise but that he is misconstruing where the buses might go.
It is misconstruing the clause to talk about individual collection by local authorities.
Private enterprise operations are grossly misconstruing the present regulations in order to promote their private interests at the expense of the public welfare.
His fear is that a clever lawyer may seek to get a client off the hook by misconstruing that word.
She should know that she is, of course, completely misconstruing them.
The transitional arrangements are generous: it is misconstruing the matter to suggest that things are somehow worse in the transitional period than they were before it.
