Used in a Sentence

mishearing

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mishearing.

Editorial note

Can't tell if I'm understanding incorrectly or if the audio is muffled and mishearing.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of hearing something incorrectly.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mishearing gathered in one view.

noun

The act of hearing something incorrectly.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mishearing.

noun

The act of hearing something incorrectly.

Example sentences

1

Can't tell if I'm understanding incorrectly or if the audio is muffled and mishearing.

2

Probably a name, but one that is uncommon, not definitively gendered, and perhaps prone to mishearing (that silent 'e') or teasing puns.

3

It's not about typos or mishearing stuff, it's about words being jumbled in memory.

4

Professional transcripts often have small (and not so small) mistakes, caused by typos, mishearing or lack of familiarity with the subject matter.

5

The greatest writing sin is ambiguity (including partial ambiguity due to the possibility of mishearing or similarity to common errors); improper placement of weight means having ambiguity until the reader completes the sentence.

6

The worst for me is mishearing people, or muffled conversations, where I fill in the gaps with extremely negative content, causing a downwards spiral in emotion.

7

She certainly has the right, but her actions before and since (ie at previous speaking events, comments on her twitter feed, mishearing an innocent comment as a sexual one) beg the question.

8

It's literally the worst communication method for anything: It requires verbal back and forth between two parties that's entirely dependent on your hearing the other person, with built in opportunities for mishearing.

9

Anecdote but I've never had issues with the keyboard, or with Siri mishearing me (just to touch on another common pain point that people talk about re: Apple tech).

10

…or with Siri mishearing… Sounds like you won the lottery.

11

Are most the day to day questions the a person asks so critical in nature that hallucinations cause any more issues than bad advice from a person or an inaccurate Wikipedia or news article or mishearing?

Quote examples

1

And eggcorn means "a word or phrase that results from a mishearing or misinterpretation of another, an element of the original being substituted for one which sounds very similar (e.g.

2

Edit: It could be that it activated mishearing "Alexa".

3

"We may be mishearing their intended formulation, which could have been asking for the longest common substring " Good Point.

4

People who say "duck tape" today are mishearing "duct tape", and not referring to a water-resistant, non-sticky wrapping from the 19th century.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mishearing in a sentence?

Can't tell if I'm understanding incorrectly or if the audio is muffled and mishearing.

What does mishearing mean?

The act of hearing something incorrectly.

What part of speech is mishearing?

mishearing is commonly used as noun.