mistake
noun
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
is mistaking
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present progressiveof mistake (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Guessing nobody is mistaking this royal tale for the truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2021
Where Wasps go wrong, I think, is mistaking bad manners for moral breaches.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2020
Though the incident happened more than 40 years ago, there is no chance that she is mistaking Jack for someone else.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2018
One thing seems very clear, though: No one is mistaking the end of O’Reilly’s Fox News era with retirement,” writes Michael O’Connell, who covers television for the Hollywood Reporter, an industry publication.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2017
"I shall have to ask you to remove that gentleman, he is mistaking me for one of his unfortunate family," Bunny shouted back, and was told to go on and not mind Tom Briggs.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Charles Turley
