misconstrue
/miss-kun-STROO/verbto interpret wrongly
“Investors misconstrued the pause as a cancellation.”
- Synonyms
- misinterpret, misread, misunderstand
- Antonyms
- comprehend
- Root
- mis- (wrongly)
- Memory hook
- mis (wrongly) + construe (interpret): read it the wrong way.
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