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Meanings of misconstruction in English
Catalan
tergiversació A kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
Spanish
mala construcción Antonyms
Examples for "construction"
Examples for "construction"
1
The crisis left energy and construction companies unable to service some debt.
2
Heat safety measures have improved, particularly in the construction industry, he said.
3
They bring construction work and good jobs in the fast-growing tech industry.
4
The used farm and construction equipment market has grown in recent years.
5
Clamadieu said Europe was marked by a slowdown in the construction market.
Usage of misconstruction in English
1
Others exposed their author to misconstruction on the score of personal morality.
2
Still harder to suffer, in addition, misconstruction and visible dislike and contempt.
3
I cannot feel it kind that you put such misconstruction upon me.
4
They say this is liable to misconstruction, and then misconstrue it themselves.
5
Our second person plural is liable to misconstruction by an ardent mind.
6
This article was therefore inserted to prevent such a misconstruction of the constitution.
7
And my frantic pursuit of her was open to equal misconstruction.
8
Dear countess, allow me to say that the misconstruction is on your side.
9
He paused, and gave the listener a stern look, forbidding misconstruction.
10
But you must not put any misconstruction on my present intention.
11
I only mention this to prevent any possibility of future misconstruction.'
12
Another kind is, perverting a man's words or actions disadvantageously by affected misconstruction.
13
The notorious contrary fact is sufficient to guard the reader against such a misconstruction.
14
Defoe's secret services on Tory papers exposed him, as we have seen, to misconstruction.
15
How scornfully has she, by one act, replied to all our misconstruction of her!
16
The evangelist's noticing the prevailing misconstruction of a discourse, (John xxi.
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