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What is a misconstruction?

What is a misconstruction? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from the use of the wrong meaning of a word that has multiple meanings.
  2. (grammar) An ungrammatical phrase.
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How will every look, every action, even the most innocent, be liable to misconstruction!
Yet any implication of presidential abdication of the policy formulation role in this sphere is a misconstruction.
Such errors normally related to the blatant misconstruction of a statute, and in limited circumstances the courts could intervene to correct the erroneous decision.
Not the part of hypercriticism and misconstruction of Northern 'Orders,' and affectionate blindness to Southern atrocities.
Wheen's embarrassing misconstruction of Marx the thinker occupies a scant dozen pages, and his evocation of the final decade of the life is unexpectedly poignant.
Any misconstruction of its essential elements constitutes a distortion of its nature.

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