Home › Words › M › misattendmisattendmisattend means to misunderstand something; to disregard or fail to pay attention.EtymologyFrom mis- + attend.verbTo misunderstand something; to disregard or fail to pay attention.To fail to look after properly.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misheed 74% match — To heed amiss; fail to heed. vs misattend →mislisten 70% match — To misunderstand or misinterpret something to which one listens, especially as a result of poor attention. vs misattend →disattention 69% match — A lack of attention; a failure to pay attention. vs misattend →disattend 67% match — To be distracted (from); used with to. vs misattend →nonattention 65% match — Failure to pay attention; ignoring or avoiding an issue, etc. vs misattend →misinterpret 63% match — To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand. vs misattend →misobserve 63% match — To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. vs misattend →neglect 63% match — To fail to care for or attend to something. vs misattend →