as in to misunderstand
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Recent Examples of mishear
These assistants regularly misunderstand, mishear, and sometimes just don’t listen at all.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 June 2024
She's confused: Did Adrian mishear something or is Brayden being manipulative?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 July 2023
The people in her stories mishear and misunderstand one another, indulge in compulsive wordplay and defiant corniness.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
If men often mishear women’s ritual indirectness as lacking confidence (or even competence), women often misinterpret less indirect rituals as overbearing—and also lacking in confidence.
—Deborah Tannen, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2016
Now, don’t mishear me.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
Biden didn’t seem to mishear the question.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
Responding, Thompson defended the profession and appeared either to mishear the host or not know who Sean Bean was.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
In roughly 150 of the recordings, the broadcaster says the assistant appears to have activated incorrectly after mishearing its wake word.
—Casey Newton, The Verge, 12 July 2019
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 14 June 2024
She's confused: Did Adrian mishear something or is Brayden being manipulative?
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 July 2023
The people in her stories mishear and misunderstand one another, indulge in compulsive wordplay and defiant corniness.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
If men often mishear women’s ritual indirectness as lacking confidence (or even competence), women often misinterpret less indirect rituals as overbearing—and also lacking in confidence.
—Deborah Tannen, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2016
Now, don’t mishear me.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
Biden didn’t seem to mishear the question.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
Responding, Thompson defended the profession and appeared either to mishear the host or not know who Sean Bean was.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
In roughly 150 of the recordings, the broadcaster says the assistant appears to have activated incorrectly after mishearing its wake word.
—Casey Newton, The Verge, 12 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishear
Verb
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That the pendulum has swung again to claims of personal freedom over real public benefit in the case of fluoride fundamentally misunderstands the role of community and society.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2025
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Whether this is proof that too many writers (or, more likely, development executives) misunderstood why Breaking Bad worked is an open question.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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White ‘misread’ the situation, judge rules White was one of two police officers called to the Yallambee Lodge nursing home by staff who asked for help with a resident who was holding two knives.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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That bond began to fracture when Postecoglou misread supporter sentiment ahead of a crunch clash with Manchester City at the end of last season.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Mail reported there had been suggestions that Errol Musk may have misinterpreted his son's joke and incorrectly believed Grimes had wanted to ink her son for real.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Allison’s legal team has suggested that the government may have misinterpreted the communications between Allison and the Slovakian killer.—
James Bandler,
ProPublica,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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According to the researchers, these misperceptions may stop people from speaking up about their concerns and cause policymakers to misperceive how much their constituents care.—
Laura Schulte,
Journal Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2023
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Russian pilots could misperceive the escorts as offensive NATO warplanes and engage them, precipitating a disaster with unknown consequences.—
Rebeccah Heinrichs,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2022
Verb
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But would her students, turned on everywhere by the dogma of political correctness, misapprehend Haynes’s aim?—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Nov. 2021
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“Mishear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishear. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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