Usually means: Incorrect interpretation or misunderstanding of meaning.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. misconstruction: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misconstruction: Merriam-Webster
  3. misconstruction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. misconstruction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. misconstruction: Collins English Dictionary
  6. misconstruction: Vocabulary.com
  7. misconstruction: Wordnik
  8. misconstruction: Wiktionary
  9. misconstruction: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Misconstruction, misconstruction: Dictionary.com
  11. Misconstruction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. misconstruction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. misconstruction: Rhymezone
  14. Misconstruction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. misconstruction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. misconstruction: FreeDictionary.org
  17. misconstruction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. misconstruction: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misconstruction: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misconstructions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (misconstruction)

noun:  Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it.
noun:  A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
noun:  Other misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word.
noun:  (grammar, linguistics) An ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word.
noun:  (uncommon) The act of misbuilding; an instance of it.

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