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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Proponents of this myth point to (and often misunderstand) housing vacancy data.Richard McGahey, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Charlotte Hornets may have misunderstood the purpose of the season of giving.Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Those who seek conciliation with Trump are misreading the country.Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Some have unstable internet connections, others misread the sheet music, and others might even intentionally play off-key—not just as a prank but to sabotage the performance out of rivalry or to undermine the concert’s success for personal gain.Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
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This gets problematic because managers often rubber stamp membership reviews and the roles are misinterpreted by applications and services alike.Atul Tulshibagwale, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The call saw the two generals discuss Russian naval operations, with Gerasimov giving Brown an advance warning of Russian drills in the Mediterranean Sea, so that U.S. ships and other NATO forces would not misinterpret them as an act of aggression.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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 30 Dec. 2024.
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