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How do you use misconstrue?

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Misconstrue means to mistake the meaning. Maybe someone sends you an email that has capital letters in it, and so you think that they are yelling at you. Later you find out that the capital letters were just part of a really long acronym that is common at your new company. You misconstrued the email... meaning you misunderstood it.

Here is the dictionary.com definition for more reading pleasure: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misconstrue :)

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