mistaken
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3.4
- adjective
- /mɪˈsteɪkən/
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equivocado
- Sometimes students have the mistaken impression that a great performance is due to fate or luck.
- mistaken identity
- mistaken impression
- mistaken belief
He says when, when people are mistaken, what should you do?
- He says when, when people are mistaken, what should you do?
- It's a Spanish brand, if I'm not mistaken, and it's massive.
- That's what a mistaken form of idealism does.
- And if I'm mistaken, it will not be the first time.
- But I I assume that on impact it's, it's mistaken in some critical ways.
- I I feel like you are sadly mistaken that the world has ended.
- I think we were, if I'm not mistaken, A Lorella like launch party.
- It's a case of mistaken identity.
Examples
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Both attitudes aren't so much wrong in theory as mistaken in fact.
Academic text (2011) -
We all left happy in the mistaken belief that this class would be a breeze.
Academic text (1990) -
So what is the mistaken point of view?
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In this story, both parties are mistaken about Rose.
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Well, I must be mistaken then, sir.
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No, you must be mistaken.
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But I think this is a mistaken assumption.
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We considered surgery to remove the female parts of my body, but the night before I was due to fly, I realised I was mistaken.
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The current Western step-by-step approach is mistaken because it ignores the need for a broad political settlement.
Academic text (2011) -
Sometimes students have the mistaken impression that all public figures are dishonest.
Synonyms
715
1.0
Not true or correct
228
1.4
A thing that has errors or does not follow rules
129
4.6
Shows wrong ideas or bad judgment
113
4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
41
6.7
Not correct because of a mistake
13
8.3
Making people believe things that are not true
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mistaken comes from the parts mis-, which means 'wrong', and take, which means 'to get or accept'. At first it meant 'taken wrongly', so to be mistaken is to have a 'wrong' belief or idea.