mistakable

[ mi-stey-kuh-buh l ]

/ mɪˈsteɪ kə bəl /

adjective

capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.

Origin of mistakable

First recorded in 1640–50; mistake + -able

Related formsmis·tak·a·ble·ness, nounmis·tak·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for mistakable

Old sailors exhort their neophytes to throw nothing over the weather-side except ashes or hot water: a hint not mistakable.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
Why not drop titles, and call stitches by the plainest and least mistakable names?
Art in Needlework|Lewis F. Day
But there she stood, mistakable for no other on this wide earth!
Seventeen|Booth Tarkington
The principle of effective regulation of public-service carriers had been, indeed, vigorously affirmed in no mistakable terms.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley

I am certain of this; he almost told me so himself, not in words, but the mistakable leer he gave her in reply.
The Rome Express|Arthur Griffiths

British Dictionary definitions for mistakable

mistakable

mistakeable

/ (mɪˈsteɪkəbəl) /

adjective

liable to be mistaken

Derived Formsmistakably or mistakeably, adverb

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mistakable

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mistakeable

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