mistaken
/mɪˈsteɪk(ə)n
/adjective
1Wrong in one’s opinion or judgement: she wondered whether she’d been mistaken about his intentions...
- There used to be a duty-free shop in this vicinity, if I am not mistaken.
- If I am not mistaken, the evidence to support this characterizaton is pretty skimpy.
- However, if I am not mistaken there is a hidden message in these banners.
Synonyms
wrong, erroneous, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, off-target, off-beam, out, false, fallacious, unsound, unfounded, misguided, misinformed, wide of the mark
1.1Based on or resulting from a misunderstanding or faulty judgement: don’t buy a hard bed in the mistaken belief that it is good for you an unfortunate case of mistaken identity...
- Yet it would be mistaken to assume that British support for the US hard line on Iraq was inevitable.
- Once again the hidden and mistaken identity constructs this plot and furthers its comedy.
- I see the deleterious consequences of this mistaken belief in many of my patients.
Derivatives
mistakenness
- It is obligatory to explain the mistakenness of this expression and to guide them to what is correct.
- It is possible to approach the mistakenness of the notion from a variety of perspectives.
- On second thought, however, anyone must see the mistakenness of such views, though it is still very difficult to demonstrate the practical utility of public parks to the skeptic.
Rhymes
- water leet
- water lemon
- water lentil
- waterless
- waterless pit
- water lettuce
- water level
- water licence
- water license
- water lily
- waterline
- water-lined
- water-liverwort
- water lizard
- water lobelia
- water lock
- water-locked
- water locust
- waterlog
- waterlogged
- Waterloo
- Waterloo ball
- Waterloo, Battle of
- Waterloo blue
- Waterloo church