mistakenness
- noun
- /mɪˈsteɪkənəs/
:
error
- The debate highlighted the mistakenness of her assumptions about the project.
Examples
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The mistakenness of his assumptions was evident.
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His mistakenness was obvious once the true facts were presented.
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Admitting one's mistakenness can be difficult but is important for learning.
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Her mistakenness in judging the situation led to confusion.
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His mistakenness became evident when he realized the information was incorrect.
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After reflecting on her decisions, she acknowledged her mistakenness in choosing that path.
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The team's mistakenness led to a costly error in the final report.
Synonyms
306
1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
243
1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
94
7.2
A wrong belief that comes from bad reasoning
75
4.2
An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly
12
6.8
A wrong idea about something
9
3.6
A wrong decision about a person or situation
5
7.5
A wrong idea about what something means
3
5.6
An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
3
7.5
A wrong idea someone has about something
1
5.4
A state of being not correct based on facts
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5.2
The state of being wrong or not matching the facts
1
6.5
A belief based on false information
1
7.2
A state of having wrong ideas that lead people to make bad choices
A state of being wrong
An idea that is wrong
A failure to understand something correctly
A wrong idea about what someone says or does
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
A wrong understanding of what someone wrote or said
Antonyms
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mistakenness is built from mis- ('wrong'), take ('to take'), and -ness ('a state'). So it means the state of having 'taken' something wrongly, in other words being wrong about something.