And this misconstrual is beyond foolish, for it is transparently clear what the counterexamples are for, and what thesis they are directed at. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?] Reference
And this misconstrual is beyond foolish. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?] Reference
Is this yet another convenient misconstrual of something else Isaid?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy] Reference
Is this yet another convenient misconstrual of something else I said?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy] Reference
You are a master at misconstrual and subtextual needling, I'll give you that. From Wordnik.com. [Whether true or not] Reference
I don't have confirmation, but I think that this is a misconstrual of what her PR people said. From Wordnik.com. [Bill: Obama Would "Deny Us Universal Health Care"] Reference
As for the anonymous misconstrual of Iran's remarks, that is less naive than it is delusional. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
He warned that self-absorption allows for misconstrual of the actions and intentions of others. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Host: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Columbia's "Controversy"] Reference
You sidewise reference to Behe there perpetuates a misconstrual of his testimony in Dover, by the way. From Wordnik.com. [Bradley Monton's Paper criticizing Dover Decision] Reference
Incidentally, I am not even sure that the misconstrual of the Reagan comments will really do Obama any net harm. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Labor Ally Spending Nearly $14,000 On New TV Ad In Nevada] Reference
Elements of this usually friendly misconstrual of our situation remain a part, but a diminishing part, of public perceptions in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Reflections from Washington] Reference
I have no authorization from ShelbyC, nor am I the same person as he, I just jumped in because your uncharitable misconstrual was getting ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?] Reference
So, I think the family might be, the parents, under a misconstrual about what might be possible, and that can lead to erroneous judgments on their part. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2003] Reference
The artist may misperceive (understand it differently from the artist) a work of art but still be set off in his own chain of thought by that misconstrual. From Wordnik.com. [RIP Sol LeWitt] Reference
The point I made was that I think it takes a great deal of misconstrual of evolutionary theory or physics or geology to lead to normative consequences, but it's a much shorter step from ID. From Wordnik.com. [Another Version of CSI] Reference
Indeed people may disagree with the criteria, and urge AAAS to change those criteria – which is a lot more relevant then trying to argue that taking “expand X” as implying that X is too narrow is a misconstrual. From Wordnik.com. [AAAS Dismisses Blogs - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
What the Nobel laureate seems to realize -- Vitter's misconstrual notwithstanding -- is that pricing oil at its actual cost is the fastest way for the next-generation technologies to flourish with something like, yes, free-market vigor. From Wordnik.com. [Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith] Reference
I would just like to point something out, in view of the appeal to an English dictionary in this discussion not inappropriately if one is looking for the meaning of an English word, but Bob rightly points out that the word derives from a misunderstanding or misconstrual of the Biblical story about Sodom. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Stewart vs. Mike Huckabee on Gay Marriage] Reference
In good measure it's a result of inherent hostility to a new medium and fundamental resistance to progress (ives), but to some degree, it's because of the conflation of genuine moral outrage and the hard-nosed tone of online dialogue with the nasty comments of trolls and miscreants, an unfortunate (and often intentional) misconstrual. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Daou: Moral Outrage and the Harsh Tone of Online Discourse] Reference
Humes 'misconstrual of Behe's definition of science. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution News & Views] Reference
This strikes me as a misconstrual of how radical orthodoxy tends to think about these things. From Wordnik.com. [sacra doctrina] Reference
It's with respect to the next part of his ruling -- dealing with what he calls "accommodation and trust" -- that confusion and misconstrual have already set in. From Wordnik.com. ["BANPC" via James Bow in Google Reader] Reference
“disgraceful sophisms” (1113F) and with deliberate misconstrual (1114D). From Wordnik.com. [Parmenides] Reference
I hope it’s at least remotely understandable why these kinds of dissections of trans people’s experiences and attitudes about gender might make some trans people like me touchy and raw, especially when it feels like the same exact misconstrual of a marginalized experience, over and over. From Wordnik.com. [Responding To The Feminist Anti-Transsexual Arguments] Reference
The hominid fossil record isn’t even especially “jerky” when examined quantitatvely at fine-scale resolution, so the creationists don’t even have their usual incompetent misconstrual of punctuated equilibria which is actually about morphologically small gaps between closely-related sister species to rely upon. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Selam - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
And this misconstrual is beyond foolish. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?] Reference
She shows Einstein trying to get through to Bohr, who is rushing off to the misconstrual that shapes the story to this day: "'I grant you the consistency of the uncertainty principle,' Einstein said, laughing a little. From Wordnik.com. [American Scientist Online] Reference
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