mishear

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Recent Examples of mishear 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 If men often mishear women’s ritual indirectness as lacking confidence (or even competence), women often misinterpret less indirect rituals as overbearing—and also lacking in confidence. Deborah Tannen, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2016 Now, don’t mishear me. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022 Biden didn’t seem to mishear the question. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022 Responding, Thompson defended the profession and appeared either to mishear the host or not know who Sean Bean was. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 In roughly 150 of the recordings, the broadcaster says the assistant appears to have activated incorrectly after mishearing its wake word. Casey Newton, The Verge, 12 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishear
Verb
  • Trump fundamentally misunderstands the role that parents play — often tirelessly — in working with school officials to assure that their trans child is respected and affirmed in school, allowing those students to learn and mature in a safe environment.
    Edwin C. Yohnka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Here’s how the letter infringes on free speech, misunderstands the law and undermines education.
    Paul M. Collins Jr., The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The military's main findings were that the region's most powerful and sophisticated military misread Hamas' intentions, underestimated its capabilities and was wholly unprepared for the surprise attack by thousands of heavily armed militants in the early morning hours of a major Jewish holiday.
    MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA, NATALIE MELZER AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Nissan misread demand for hybrids in the United States, Uchida told a press conference.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Likewise, generative AI might have misinterpreted my prompt and improperly laid out what needed to be done.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The district denied the allegations in a statement, saying the issue has been misinterpreted.
    Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Russian pilots could misperceive the escorts as offensive NATO warplanes and engage them, precipitating a disaster with unknown consequences.
    Rebeccah Heinrichs, National Review, 24 Feb. 2022
Verb
  • 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
  • Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021

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“Mishear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishear. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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