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mishearing

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Noun

mishearing noun

  1. The act of hearing something incorrectly.

Verb

mishearing verb

  1. To hear wrongly.“I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.”
  2. To misunderstand.

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mishearermisperceptionmisnotificat…miscomprehen…misreadingmisprisionmisinterpret…misrecitationmisreceiptmiscatchmishearing

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