mistake
noun
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
mistakingly
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a word derived from
mistake.
Example Sentences
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Many families mistakingly think that paying under the table will help their nannies out but it can cut them out of qualifying for things like Earned Income Tax Credits and stimulus payments.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2023
His argument provoked a furious response from games writers, pundits and players, many of whom mistakingly understood his position to be generally anti-games – and therefore evil.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2010
We mistakingly adorn most that part of life which least requires it, and neglect to provide for that which will want it most.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
Hardened as he was, the physician felt reluctance to pass the threshold of the man to whose death he had been so directly, though, so far as the individual was concerned, mistakingly, accessory.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
I would have you beware of that unfeeling state in which one has no sorrow, and mistakingly attributes its absence to grace.
From How to Live a Holy Life by Charles Ebert Orr
