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misconstruction

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: misconstruction

1
 n
a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
2
 n
an ungrammatical constituent
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: misconstruction
1

n a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)

Synonyms:
misconstrual
Type of:
misinterpretation, mistaking, misunderstanding
putting the wrong interpretation on
2

n an ungrammatical constituent

Antonyms:
construction, expression, grammatical construction
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
Type of:
constituent, grammatical constituent
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
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