MISHEARD Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

misheard

verb

past tense of mishear

as in misunderstood

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Reward prediction error reflects a discrepancy in the outcome or goal and, in the NVA system, can indicate that the AI has misunderstood what the person ultimately wanted.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
Mangione's attorneys then fired back Monday in a response to the DA's office's letter, saying prosecutors had misunderstood their position.

— Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of misunderstood

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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

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Clase’s defense team argued the text message was misconstrued, as roosters and chickens in such talks with Pena often refer to cockfighting, which is legal in his native Dominican Republic.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 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 misconstrued

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However, the flight system encountered a technical fault when Fluctus misinterpreted air pressure fluctuations as a crash landing and prematurely declared an emergency apogee, assuming the rocket was beyond recovery.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 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 misinterpreted

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