MISREMEMBERING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

misremembering

verb

present participle of misremember

as in ignoring

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Jolly countered that Donalds is ignoring pressing economic issues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Driving fatigue is very real, thanks to so many Mad Maxes riding bumpers or blowing through red lights or completely ignoring the speed limit.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of ignoring

Verb

While no arrests have been made regarding the shooting, Dallas Police said a man was arrested for allegedly disregarding crime scene tape and ignoring officers' commands to avoid the area.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Sotelo was issued two citations, including disregarding a traffic signal and having no driver’s license, per FOX 4.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disregarding

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This helps prevent the side hustle from becoming a second full-time job, and keeps you from neglecting your other priorities.

— Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Since voters returned Worrell to office in 2024, Uthmeier has repeatedly accused her of neglecting her duties as a prosecutor.

— Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of neglecting

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He's still plagued with symptoms ranging from dizziness and migraines to forgetting daily tasks and responsibilities to his wife and children.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
He’s still plagued with symptoms ranging from dizziness and migraines to forgetting daily tasks and responsibilities to his wife and children.

— Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of forgetting

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On that day, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the Northern Hemisphere, traveling from Russia to Spain while passing over parts of Greenland, Iceland and Portugal.

— Lucie McCormick, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Some residents said the number of planes passing over their homes dropped from more than 20 per day to only a few.

— Kenny Choi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of passing over

Verb

But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.

— Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The subtext to the litigation is Oakley’s personal grievance against Dolan, whom the ex-player has long criticized, in part for slighting him compared to other Knicks legends.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of slighting

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