mistakable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- mistakableness noun
- mistakably adverb
Etymology
Origin of mistakable
Example Sentences
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Some of the word choice was the same as in the Times, but these reporters firmly cast the action as wildly inappropriate revenge, rather than anything mistakable as a normal reaction:
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2020
The Roberto Cavalli company, which has used the logo since 2011, says the symbols are neither similar nor mistakable.
From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2014
To the degree that this exciting little episode fails, it is because the Halloween setup, like the film as a whole, is too sumptuously, calculatedly handsome to be quite mistakable for the truth.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the congress settled into a numbing round of other speeches and reports, it bore throughout the un mistakable stamp of the cagey, infirm old boss who had once again exercised absolute control.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe in a bigger house this blast would be mistakable.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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