mistake
noun
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
had mistaken
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past perfectof mistake.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The day after Neukgu's disappearance, authorities received dozens of reported sightings, including some boys who cried wolf: elementary school kids who had mistaken dogs for Neukgu, the Chosun Daily reported.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
In a recent interview, he said he had never worked with Allgyer and had mistaken him for a different person with the same last name, but refused to provide more information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
The lawsuit argued that the air traffic controllers should have realized during an exchange of radio conversations with Brown that he had mistaken one of the 757 cargo planes for the other one.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Because the toothy apparatus is lodged within the animal’s gut, past analyses had mistaken these rows of tiny teeth for muscle tissue.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
I knew then that he had mistaken my silence for fatigue, and it had not occurred to him I dreaded this arrival at Manderley as much as I had longed for it in theory.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
