Thesaurus / misconstrue
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In the often-misconstrued words of Barack Obama in 2012, “You didn’t build that.”
WHY LEGACY WEALTH IS AN EASY TARGET TO FUND INFRASTRUCTUREPHILIP ELLIOTTAUGUST 20, 2021TIMEMisidentifying location for video of these events misconstrues the reality of the situation for those watching from afar.
HOW TO SPOT A FAKE VIDEOELYSE SAMUELS, SARAH CAHLAN, EMILY SABENSMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFellache is hardly alone in recognizing the power of asynchronous meetings as an attractive alternative to phone calls, real-time meetings and even email, where tone is often lost and content can be misconstrued.
A NEW ASYNCHRONOUS VIDEO STARTUP, WEET, IS HELPING EMPLOYEES COMMUNICATE ON THEIR OWN SCHEDULECONNIE LOIZOSMARCH 4, 2021TECHCRUNCHIf we’re not careful, we can be a threat to each other’s health, which can be misconstrued as reason to feel threatened in every way.
THIS ODD SUPER BOWL WILL BRING US TOGETHER FOR A DAY. LET’S NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.JERRY BREWERFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat’s where the oft-misconstrued story of Onesimus comes in.
PIG SEX AND CELERY HAVE A SURPRISING CONNECTIONPOPSCI STAFFSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe fairest observers misconstrue all motives to action, where any received prepossession has found an hypothesis.
CAMILLAFANNY BURNEYI put in, to laugh Uvo out of the morbid vein which I understood in him but others might easily misconstrue.
WITCHING HILLE. W. HORNUNGLet us find out what we are talking about, lest we should misconstrue and misunderstand each other.
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN, VOLUME 2, ILLUSTRATEDSIR WALTER SCOTTBut we must not misconstrue words in our versions of a style so loose.
THE APOSTLESERNEST RENANYou will not misconstrue my words, but—but life is not always the same, is it?
GORDON CRAIGRANDALL PARRISHWORDS RELATED TO MISCONSTRUE
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
- bark up wrong tree
- be misled
- be overcritical
- be partial
- be unfair
- be wrong
- come to hasty conclusion
- dogmatize
- drop the ball
- err
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misconjecture
- misconstrue
- misdeem
- misreckon
- miss by a mile
- mistake
- misthink
- misunderstand
- overestimate
- overrate
- prejudge
- presume
- presuppose
- put foot in
- stumble
- suppose
- underestimate
- underrate
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
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