misconstrue
verbTo interpret something incorrectly.
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Clear all filtersTo interpret something incorrectly.
Excessively unwilling to spend or share money or resources.
To understand or explain the meaning of something incorrectly.
To read something incorrectly or form a mistaken understanding of a situation.
A false or misleading account of facts, views, or events.
To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.
Make less severe
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The reduction of the severity, extent, or harmful effect of something.
To make or become less intense, extreme, or severe.
Reduce intensity
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Restraint that avoids excess or extremes.
Relating to money or its use and supply.
Speech or sound that remains at one pitch with little variation.
The confidence, enthusiasm, and sense of purpose of a person or group.
Preoccupied with judging conduct by moral rules, often in a self-righteous or overbearing way.
Overly judgmental about morals
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Having several different aspects or features.
A large number or varied collection of something.
A very large number of things or a large gathering of people.
Capable of changing or prone to change.
Nearsightedness; figuratively, a failure to consider wider or longer-term consequences.
Limited long-term outlook
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Nearsighted; figuratively, failing to consider broader or longer-term consequences.
Lacking foresight
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