mistaken

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
    arising from error

Word Origin

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

Example

1. This could easily be mistaken for a design school study hall or a spartan technology start up .
2. Similarly mistaken was the emergency un security council meeting .
3. Apparently , he had mistaken me for a biographer .
4. Mr hazare 's proposed cure is equally mistaken .
5. But it still strikes me as mistaken .

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