misconstruct

To construct wrongly.

Verb

  1. To construct wrongly.

    Synonyms: misbuild

    Hypernyms: construct build screw up fuck up

    Coordinate Terms: deconstruct destruct reconstruct

  2. To construe or interpret erroneously.
    • Near-synonyms: misinterpret, misportray, misapprehend, miscomprehend, misunderstand

    Synonyms: misconstrue misinterpret misportray misapprehend miscomprehend misunderstand

Origin

From mis- + construct.

Forms

misconstructs misconstructing misconstructed

Related

destruction malconstruction misconstruction