MISHEAR Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

mishear

verb

Definition of mishear

as in to misunderstand

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Recent Examples of mishear Smart speakers have an annoying tendency to mishear, so the Google Home Speaker could be less frustrating in that way. — ArsTechnica, 17 June 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 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

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My next question was going to be what do people who haven’t been on a college campus in a while tend to misunderstand about the party scene, and that pandemic shift seems like an answer to that.

— Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox, 23 Oct. 2026
If there was any worry that Sühlmann would misunderstand the brand, it was dispelled the moment the Mission S was unveiled.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of misunderstand

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Immigrant connections When asked by pollsters what their top concerns are, Latino respondents rarely include immigration on that list, but this misconstrues the fact that immigration is a key Latino concern.

— Lisa García Bedolla, Time, 4 Nov. 2026
Opposition contacts Rivera and his lawyers relied heavily on his contacts with Maduro opponents to argue that the government had misconstrued his work.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of misconstrue

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When too many suds are introduced, sensors may misread water levels, cycles may stall, and pumps may struggle to drain properly.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2026
This matters because, for a patient who has already left the country, graft take isn’t fully visible for months, and early signs of infection or improper healing are easy for a patient to misread alone.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of misread

Verb

Many tenant advocates argue not only that cities are misinterpreting SB 1211 but also that the law is poorly written.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Their attorney, Anthony Sabatini, argued that the university had misinterpreted the private messages and reacted to a controversy amplified by news coverage rather than to an actual danger on campus.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of misinterpret

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Understanding the very normal psychological factors that lead people to misperceive what others are actually thinking and feeling – and learning specific strategies for intervening – can make a real difference.

— Catherine A. Sanderson, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Perception of risks diminishes, perhaps not entirely, but enough to misperceive the balance of challenge versus ability.

— Christopher Ferguson, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026

Definition of misperceive

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Obituaries for nuclear weapons simply misapprehend the role these arms have played since 1945.

— Eric S. Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
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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