Home › Words › M › misheedmisheed/mɪsˈhiːd/misheed means failure to heed or care; heedlessness.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, misheed ranks #994 of 42,749 for Qualifying.misheed is pronounced /mɪsˈhiːd/.EtymologyFrom mis- + heed.nounFailure to heed or care; heedlessness.verbTo heed amiss; fail to heed.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misattend 74% match — To misunderstand something; to disregard or fail to pay attention. vs misheed →misdeem 69% match — To misjudge, to deem wrongly. vs misheed →misdread 67% match — To dread. vs misheed →misseek 66% match — To seek for wrongly. vs misheed →mislisten 65% match — To misunderstand or misinterpret something to which one listens, especially as a result of poor attention. vs misheed →misgrasp 65% match — A failure to grasp or understand; misapprehension. vs misheed →misintend 65% match — To intend, purpose, or direct amiss or wrongfully; mismean. vs misheed →mishearing 65% match — The act of hearing something incorrectly. vs misheed →