mistaken

[ mi-stey-kuhn ]

/ mɪˈsteɪ kən /

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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.

RELATED WORDS

falsely, erroneously, badly, erringly

Nearby words

mist, mist., mistakable, mistake, mistake for, mistaken, mistal, mistassini, mistbow, mistcoat, misteach

Origin of mistaken

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

SYNONYMS FOR mistaken

1 inaccurate, misconceived.

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

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Examples from the Web for mistakenly

Will had mistakenly connected the pathway of infection in a hospital room with someone coughing or sneezing circulating in public.
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Most of the meddlers in our lives do it to gratify their own egos or because they mistakenly believe they are helping.
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This kind of prejudice harms innocent people, whether Muslim or mistakenly thought to be Muslim.
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For more than 50 years, Army PFC Lawrence S. Gordon was mistakenly interred as a German soldier in a cemetery in France.
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Correction: In an earlier version of this story, Ginni Thomas was mistakenly referred to as a registered lobbyist.
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For Gladstonian Englishmen mistakenly think that they can settle the thing by further concession and get to their own business.
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Seeing a fact which you mistakenly consider deserving of contempt, you refuse to take a humane view of a fellow creature.
Crime and Punishment|Fyodor Dostoevsky
A similar project is attributed (mistakenly, without doubt) to Abdurrahman.
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Probably based on the earlier map, 1630-40, mistakenly ascribed to Ryther.
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In writing the definite article, Miss Trafford mistakenly uses the contracted form th' when full syllabic value is to be given.
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British Dictionary definitions for mistakenly

mistaken

/ (mɪˈsteɪkən) /

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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mistaken

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