as in to misunderstand
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Recent Examples of mishear
Let characters interrupt each other, mishear, deflect.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
Host Matthew Deane called out each successful contestant by their title; however, Miss Panama Isamar Herrera appeared to mishear her own country being called over the speaker.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Gemini occasionally mishears commands or fails without a strong LTE or phone connection.
—Brent Rose, Outside, 10 Oct. 2025
Likewise, transcription accuracy during post-call scenarios remains a critical bottleneck, especially when AI mishears essential details like customer names, street addresses or job descriptions.
—Somil Gupta, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Older patients, especially, mishear instructions or are too overwhelmed by bad news to listen carefully.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
These assistants regularly misunderstand, mishear, and sometimes just don’t listen at all.
—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
Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
Host Matthew Deane called out each successful contestant by their title; however, Miss Panama Isamar Herrera appeared to mishear her own country being called over the speaker.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Gemini occasionally mishears commands or fails without a strong LTE or phone connection.
—Brent Rose, Outside, 10 Oct. 2025
Likewise, transcription accuracy during post-call scenarios remains a critical bottleneck, especially when AI mishears essential details like customer names, street addresses or job descriptions.
—Somil Gupta, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Older patients, especially, mishear instructions or are too overwhelmed by bad news to listen carefully.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
These assistants regularly misunderstand, mishear, and sometimes just don’t listen at all.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishear
Verb
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Executives often misunderstand their organization's culture, experiencing it differently than employees.—
Tracy Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The postal service also advised people not to take mail directly from a carrier if a dog is present because the dog may misunderstand it as an attack.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Verb
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Later, in the stadium, Amir Guerami from Westwood explained that many fans from the Southern California community wanted Iran to win but also wanted to make sure support of a team wasn’t misconstrued as support for the government.—
Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
16 June 2026
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Which, by the way, is also being misconstrued.—
David Troy OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Pulling one habit out of that mix and calling it the secret misreads the science.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
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Boards that assume future action will suffice are misreading the timing.—
Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Individuals may worry that symptoms will be misinterpreted as disengagement, unreliability, or lack of motivation.—
Diane Winiarski,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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That’s kind of a thing that’s misinterpreted.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Perception of risks diminishes, perhaps not entirely, but enough to misperceive the balance of challenge versus ability.—
Christopher Ferguson,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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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
Verb
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That is true of leaders anywhere, but Israel’s history has predisposed some of its policymakers to focus excessively on day-to-day survival and to misapprehend or ignore strategic dynamics as a result.—
Andrew P. Miller,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Dec. 2025
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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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“Mishear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishear. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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