misconstruing

Ironically, in misconstruing the monstrous threats visited upon them, characters within these texts, as well as readers trying to interpret them from without, partially restore the degraded protagonists 'original intentions.

Mocking Stupendous Mechanisms: Romantic Parody and Frankenstein's Dream 2003

Matt leads the internet in misconstruing opponents’ arguments in order to make an entirely irrelevant point.

Matthew Yglesias » Estate Tax History 2010

Matt leads the internet in misconstruing opponents’ arguments in order to make an entirely irrelevant point. raylward says:

Matthew Yglesias » Estate Tax History 2010

So when I hear about a guy who ` s spending a little too much time in the men ` s room, touching strange men ` s shoes or hands, I think it ` s fair to assume that there ` s something more than just "misconstruing" going on.

CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2007 2007

He also accused his critics of "misconstruing" his article "for reasons of political exploitation," in order to create "a situation of conflict."

LifeSiteNews.com Headlines lsn@LifeSiteNews.com 2010

Orin, while I agree that one should be careful about misconstruing opinions from snippets of email from an ongoing conversation, this is a long email in which the author is explicitly trying to set out her opinions accurately.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Judging a Person Based on a Single Forwarded Personal E-Mail 2010

What repulses him, however, is what he views as willfully misconstruing the facts to turn the tragedy partisan.

TUCSON TRAGEDY: Cartoonists diverge on whether to go partisan Michael Cavna 2011

As defined by Hugh Holman in A Handbook to Literature, this meant that "a work of art means what it means in the terms in which it delivers that meaning, so that paraphrase, summary, abridgement, expansion, or translation is bound to miss the point, usually by understating the complexity and misconstruing the uniqueness of the original statement."

Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

And then I have the pet peeve of Heller misconstruing Miller.

The Volokh Conspiracy » How to “Kill the Bill” 2010

But misconstruing precedent is what makes “the law” such a flexible weapon.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Second and Sixth Amendments 2010