misconstruction

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But the venture of projecting an album into the future — especially one centered on climate catastrophe — can face its own set of preconceived expectations that can lead to misconstruction.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Yale historian Matthew Frye Jacobson told the Times, in a story that was otherwise a whitewash of Lukianoff’s FIRE, that the organization’s spin and the media coverage were “a complete misconstruction of what happened.”

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2019

Arguably this is a misconstruction of the county prerogative.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2017

Faulkner later called this comment “foolish” and “more a misconstruction than a misquotation.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015

No matter; my fault it is that I should be open to such misconstruction, and I ask to be forgiven for it.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund