Etymology
Origin of misremember
Explanation
When you misremember, you don't remember accurately. If you recall meeting your best friend in kindergarten, but you actually met in second grade, you misremember the way the two of you met. When someone misremembers your name, they might call you "Steve" until you correct them, and if you misremember the plot of a book, your English teacher won't appreciate the book report you write about it. Misremember uses the common "bad" or "wrong" prefix, mis-, combined here with remember, from its Latin source rememorari, "recall to mind."
Vocabulary lists containing misremember
Example Sentences
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The data gathered in this way can be inaccurate and incomplete because patients might misremember details or tailor their responses to social expectations.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024
Self-reported data can sometimes be unreliable because people may misremember, potentially exaggerating or downplaying their experience.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023
People sometimes use poor reasoning, misremember, or even lie.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
When it comes to chronic pain, that means the more pain a person lives with, the more likely they are to misremember it as being worse than it was.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022
At first I think I must have misremembered it, but how could I misremember a sound I'd heard one hundred, two hundred, five hundred times in my life?
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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