mishearing

present participle of mishear

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishearing
Verb
  • But is Gemma misreading the signs?
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and a vocal Kennedy critic, said Trump might be misreading the MAHA appeal in trying to appease his base.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nigeria deserves solidarity in its fight against terror — not careless rhetoric that fuels misunderstanding.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Carr would never admit to that, instead taking the time at the Concordia talk to blame Democrats for misunderstanding his job at the FCC.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement Friday that the 1st Circuit was misinterpreting the 14th Amendment.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Clever Hans, a German horse in the early 1900s, seemed able to do math—but was really responding to his trainer’s subtle cues, a classic case of misinterpreting performance.
    Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Mishearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishearing. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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