misconstruction

[ mis-kuh n-struhk-shuh n ]

/ ˌmɪs kənˈstrʌk ʃən /

wrong construction; misinterpretation: to put a misconstruction upon an action.

an act or instance of misconstruing.

Origin of misconstruction

First recorded in 1505–15; mis-¹ + construction

He spoke as though wounded by a misconstruction put upon his sincerity.

Ragna |Anna Miller Costantini
You have faith and charity for people out of doors, and mistrust and misconstruction for those at home.

Deerbrook |Harriet Martineau
She could telegraph him for money, but he might not understand, and she was too proud to lay her actions open to misconstruction.

The Easiest Way |Eugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow
It would be hard to find words "more intelligible, or less liable to misconstruction, than those which are to be explained."

The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4 |Albert J. Beveridge

All the rest of Dr. Leonard's statement is his own inference—a misconstruction of the fact.

Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. |Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

misconstruction

/ (ˌmɪskənˈstrʌkʃən) /

a false interpretation of evidence, facts, etc

a faulty construction, esp in grammar