mistaken

[mi-stey-kuh n]

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adjective

wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
erroneous; incorrect; wrong: a mistaken answer.
having made a mistake; being in error.

Origin of mistaken

1590–1600; past participle of mistake; see -en³

Related formsmis·tak·en·ly, adverbmis·tak·en·ness, nounun·mis·tak·en, adjective

Synonyms

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1. inaccurate, misconceived.

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Examples from the Web for mistakenly

Contemporary Examples

Will had mistakenly connected the pathway of infection in a hospital room with someone coughing or sneezing circulating in public.
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PunditFact.com
October 19, 2014
Most of the meddlers in our lives do it to gratify their own egos or because they mistakenly believe they are helping.
America’s Meddlers Are Our Worst Enemies
Stefan Beck
October 3, 2014
This kind of prejudice harms innocent people, whether Muslim or mistakenly thought to be Muslim.
How Not to Reply to a Racist Tweet
Tauriq Moosa
August 11, 2014
For more than 50 years, Army PFC Lawrence S. Gordon was mistakenly interred as a German soldier in a cemetery in France.
The WWII Hero America Abandoned
Megan McCloskey, ProPublica
March 21, 2014
Correction: In an earlier version of this story, Ginni Thomas was mistakenly referred to as a registered lobbyist.
Clarence Thomas’s Wife Asks If Obama Administration Provided Material Support to Terrorists
Ben Jacobs
March 6, 2014

Historical Examples

Others have thought, but mistakenly, that it was Collioure in Roussillon.
The Phantom World
Augustin Calmet
He knew also that she would tell him that, just as mistakenly, about the hero of every book he wrote.
Cynthia
Leonard Merrick
Catamite, mistakenly read as khz on f. 112b (Mmoires ii, 82).
The Bbur-nma in English
Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
We sometimes, mistakenly, say that the English are not good losers.
The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
A. Edward Newton
We should not forget how confidently, and how mistakenly, his failure was predicted.
Why We Punctuate
William Livingston Klein

British Dictionary definitions for mistakenly

mistaken

adjective

(usually predicative) wrong in opinion, judgment, etcshe is mistaken
arising from error in judgment, opinion, etca mistaken viewpoint

Derived Formsmistakenly, adverbmistakenness, noun

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Word Origin and History for mistakenly

mistaken

adj.

c.1600, "under misapprehension," past participle adjective from mistake (v.). Related: Mistakenly. Mistaken identity attested from 1865.

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for mistakenly

Contemporary Examples

Will had mistakenly connected the pathway of infection in a hospital room with someone coughing or sneezing circulating in public.

Most of the meddlers in our lives do it to gratify their own egos or because they mistakenly believe they are helping.

This kind of prejudice harms innocent people, whether Muslim or mistakenly thought to be Muslim.

For more than 50 years, Army PFC Lawrence S. Gordon was mistakenly interred as a German soldier in a cemetery in France.

Correction: In an earlier version of this story, Ginni Thomas was mistakenly referred to as a registered lobbyist.

Historical Examples

Others have thought, but mistakenly, that it was Collioure in Roussillon.

He knew also that she would tell him that, just as mistakenly, about the hero of every book he wrote.

Catamite, mistakenly read as khz on f. 112b (Mmoires ii, 82).

We sometimes, mistakenly, say that the English are not good losers.

We should not forget how confidently, and how mistakenly, his failure was predicted.

mistaken

Word Origin and History for mistakenly

mistaken

adj.

Origin of mistaken