misconstruction

/'miskəns'trʌkʃn/

Thân thiện

A student points out a misconstruction in the sentence on the board.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An ungrammatical constituent: A grammatical structure or phrase that is incorrectly formed, violating the rules of grammar.
   • A kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately): An act or instance of misunderstanding the meaning of something, frequently by interpreting it in an incorrect or unintended way.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The sentence was full of errors and was a clear misconstruction.
  • His anger was based on a misconstruction of her innocent comment.
  • The politician accused the media of a deliberate misconstruction of his speech.

Advanced Usage

• "to place a misconstruction on something": To interpret something incorrectly.
  • I fear you have placed a misconstruction on my intentions; I meant no offense.

Variants and Related Words

• Misconstrue (verb): To interpret (something, especially a person's words or actions) wrongly.
  • He misconstrued her silence as agreement.
• Misinterpretation (noun): The action of interpreting something wrongly.
• Misunderstanding (noun): A failure to understand something correctly.

Synonyms

• Misinterpretation
• Misunderstanding
• Misreading
• Distortion (when implying a deliberate wrong interpretation)

Antonyms

• Correct interpretation
• Accurate understanding
• Proper construction

Related Phrases

• To put a false construction on something: Similar to placing a misconstruction; to interpret deceptively.
• A garbled version: A confused and distorted account, often leading to misconstruction.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an ungrammatical constituent
2. a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• misconstrual