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.
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ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
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.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Gemini occasionally mishears commands or fails without a strong LTE or phone connection.
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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.
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Somil Gupta,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
Older patients, especially, mishear instructions or are too overwhelmed by bad news to listen carefully.
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David Owen,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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?
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Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
4 July 2023
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
Let characters interrupt each other, mishear, deflect.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishear
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Leaders often misunderstand good work, relying on perks rather than addressing core structural issues.
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Do not rush to defend yourself if someone misunderstands your tone.
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Over 50 people, including Churchill’s grandson, signed a letter saying Cammock had misconstrued the facts in her video.
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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.
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Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer in your 3rd House of Communication, making texts, directions, calls, errands, and local plans easier to misread.
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The collaborators realized the song was moving beyond Germany only after misreading a flood of notifications.
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Trump had campaigned on restricting birthright citizenship, arguing that the citizenship clause had been misinterpreted, and attended the April 2026 oral arguments in a first for a sitting president.
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Managers often misinterpret Gen Z's workplace preferences, viewing their requests as entitlement rather than practical needs shaped by their upbringing.
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Perception of risks diminishes, perhaps not entirely, but enough to misperceive the balance of challenge versus ability.
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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.
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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.
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But would her students, turned on everywhere by the dogma of political correctness, misapprehend Haynes’s aim?
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“Mishear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishear. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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