mishear
verb (used with object)
to hear incorrectly or imperfectly.
misheard
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past participleof mishear.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mishear.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mishearverb (used with object)to hear incorrectly or imperfectly.
Example Sentences
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I may have misheard one of those words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But this was the first time I wondered if I had misheard him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
“I have no idea who these people are,” he told Kahn, later saying he misheard their names as “Jack Lemmon and Yoko Moto.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Shout-out to all the lonely Starbucks lovers; and to Chicago indie band Hard Femme who took that misheard lyric and made it a real song.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
I think I must have misheard, but a few minutes later I hear her say the same thing to another inquirer.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
