misremember

[ mis-ri-mem-ber ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to remember incorrectly.
2. to fail to remember; forget.

Word History and Origins

Origin of misremember¹

First recorded in 1525–35; mis- ¹ + remember

Example Sentences

And it was one of the best things I ever did, though I realized when I take them both out, they each would misremember things and then end up correcting each other.

From Los Angeles Times

What we tend to do is to misremember the length, based on the bar's size, recalling longer bars as shorter and shorter bars as longer.

From Science Daily

The data gathered in this way can be inaccurate and incomplete because patients might misremember details or tailor their responses to social expectations.

From Science Daily

Unsurprisingly, it all began and ended with noir, a style of writing Los Angeles more or less invented, going back to Raymond Chandler and the woefully misremembered Paul Cain.

From Los Angeles Times

Self-reported data can sometimes be unreliable because people may misremember, potentially exaggerating or downplaying their experience.

From Scientific American