Deliberate misinterpretation of a subject; Useful tool for political speech writers to misrepresent facts; Choice to misunderstand or to created misinformation for personal motives; Creating a "strawman" in an argument to alter the truth; Misread on purpose; Take in the wrong sense deliberately.
Commonly confused with "misconstrue" which does not imply deliberate misunderstanding.
Commonly confused with "misconstrue" which does not imply deliberate misunderstanding.
"The senator's speechwriters chose to misconscrew his opponent's words to make them appear to mean something they clearly did not."
"She misconscrewed his meaning to create a strawman to attack rather than confront his true meaning directly"
"Although he knew exactly what she meant, he misconcrewed her meaning to avoid discussing her feelings, instead focusing on something completely unrelated"
"She misconscrewed his meaning to create a strawman to attack rather than confront his true meaning directly"
"Although he knew exactly what she meant, he misconcrewed her meaning to avoid discussing her feelings, instead focusing on something completely unrelated"
by Siagiah Karlsson December 12, 2006
by rod124356 August 03, 2005
Messed up
Not a real word but is used by women on basketball wives, they think they are smart for saying it too.
Not a real word but is used by women on basketball wives, they think they are smart for saying it too.
by notanninja99 November 28, 2011
when a party or parties misconstrues the meaning of your statement causing detriment either unwittingly or maliciously
by rzaragoza December 12, 2008
Dude! Jack was at the conference but he misconscrewed what the speaker was saying. He will always misconscrew things.
by Dave St. February 14, 2008