mistakable

[ mi-stey-kuh-buh l ]

/ mɪˈsteɪ kə bəl /

adjective

capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.

Nearby words

misstrike, missus, missy, mist, mist., mistakable, mistake, mistake for, mistaken, mistal, mistassini

Origin of mistakable

First recorded in 1640–50; mistake + -able

Related forms

mis·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 Forms

mistakably or mistakeably, adverb

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mistakable

adjective

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Origin of mistakable

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British Dictionary definitions for mistakable

mistakable

mistakeable

adjective

Derived Forms