Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To hear wrongly; misunderstand.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To mistake in hearing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To hear incorrectly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
hear wrongly . - verb To
misunderstand .
Etymologies
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Examples
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a type of slip of the ear in which people mishear a word and mispronounce it, then insist that the malapropism is correct.
Eggcorns: Folk Etymology Creating New Meanings Every Day 2006
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Your suggestions of "mishear" (if that's a word) or "unintentionally misrepresents" don't work because both of them presuppose a particular understanding of Professor Dawkins's mental state in making his erroneous characterization of Konner — precisely what he wants to avoid.
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But I know how easy it is to mishear things when scary Muslims are talking.
Michael Moore: Juan Williams Is Right: Political Correctness About Terrorists Must End! Michael Moore 2010
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And like individuals, communities imagine promises and also mishear them.
A Conversation with Richard Russo author of Empire Falls 2010
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But I know how easy it is to mishear things when scary Muslims are talking.
Michael Moore: Juan Williams Is Right: Political Correctness About Terrorists Must End! Michael Moore 2010
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But I know how easy it is to mishear things when scary Muslims are talking.
Michael Moore: Juan Williams Is Right: Political Correctness About Terrorists Must End! Michael Moore 2010
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Q: Did I mishear O'Malley or did he offer no response to how he would fund the Purple Line except for saying he thinks it's cheaper in the long run than buses?
Excerpts: Post reporter John Wagner on governor's race, debate Christopher Dean Hopkins 2010
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But I know how easy it is to mishear things when scary Muslims are talking.
Juan Williams Is Right: Political Correctness About Terrorists Must End! Michael Moore 2010
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They either mishear or choose not to hear criticism, he said.
Bosses Overestimate Joe Light 2010
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But I know how easy it is to mishear things when scary Muslims are talking.
Michael Moore: Juan Williams Is Right: Political Correctness About Terrorists Must End! Michael Moore 2010
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