mistakable

[ mi-stey-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being or liable to be mistaken mistaken or misunderstood.

mistakable

/ mɪˈsteɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. liable to be mistaken

Derived Forms

• misˈtakably, adverb

Other Words From

• mis·taka·ble·ness noun
• mis·taka·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of mistakable¹

First recorded in 1640–50; mistake + -able

Example Sentences

The principle of effective regulation of public-service carriers had been, indeed, vigorously affirmed in no mistakable terms.

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Cocoa is often adulterated with fine brown earth, treated with fat to render it more easily mistakable for real cocoa.

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Old sailors exhort their neophytes to throw nothing over the weather-side except ashes or hot water: a hint not mistakable.

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But there she stood, mistakable for no other on this wide earth!

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

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