Definition of "misconstrued" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue. (verb)

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• "It is related, in connection with the latter, that in answer to an offer of additional data, he said, "Mon siege est fait", - "My siege is finished", a phrase misconstrued by some of his critics and interpreted as an expression of Vertot's utter disregard for historical accuracy."
• "Friends insisted her remark had been 'misconstrued' - and she has now said sorry."
• "Now I know that can be misconstrued, which is why I verified that what he was stating was the likely Republican case in the next couple of election cycles ...."