mistakenadjective
uk/mɪˈsteɪ.kən/us/mɪˈsteɪ.kən/C1 wrong in what you believe, or based on a belief that is wrong:
If you think you can keep drinking so much without damaging your health, then you're mistaken.
Unfortunately I was mistaken about how much it would cost.
The negotiations continued in the mistaken belief that a peaceful agreement could be reached.
a case of mistaken identity
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Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomaly
- awry
- bark
- flawed
- gross
- grossly
- have no business doing sth idiom
- imprecise
- impropriety
- invalid 1
- irregular
- mis-
- misspeak
- off beam
- quarrel with sth
- speak
- speak too soon idiom
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Misunderstanding
mistakenly
adverb uk/mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/us/mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/
She mistakenly believed that she could get away with not paying her taxes.