Misconstruance
Origin
From en + -misconstrue + ance.
Full definition of misconstruance
Noun
misconstruance
(countable and uncountable; plural misconstruances)- misconstrual
- 18 March 1915, Max Apel, Max Apel Still Refuses to See, In order to make myself perfectly clear so there can be no possible chance of misconstruance of my contention, I will state again ,I do not wish to see this government get into this war, for we are in a certain sense into it already, but to stay out off it.
- 15 August 1916, w, Then I’ll Come Back to You, Caleb was most high spirited those days, for the line in regard to the progress of Steve’s work was in truth an understatement if anything, even though the assurance of his happiness might have been called a misconstruance of facts.
- 26 May 1932, A Once Gentle Art, Biographers and contemporary historians who paint only the pretty side of the picture have ceased to fool the public but their misconstruances are no more to be compared in effect with the fake realists than would be artificial sunlight and a darkened cellar deliberately filled with crawling creatures and slime.
- 14 March 1936, Aviation Course Gets Approval: State WPA Authorities Pass On Local Project to Washington—Meeting Monday Here, This has been made necessary so each applicant will learn fully what the instruction is and eliminates the possibility of misconstruances of the type of instruction offered.
- 2010, Steve B. Yates, Morkan’s Quarry, Morkan knew of two misconstruances in the letter. First, he was no more esteemed in Springfield than scrubby-dutch landlords were in St. Louis. Second, his quarry was a culvert compared to those he’d visited along the Mississippi, sites he was sure Senator McBride had seen.