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Another word for mistaken

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Adjective

  1. Containing an error or errors

    Idioms:
    See also:

    correct

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Another word for mistaken

Modifier

  1. In error

    See also:

    wrong

  2. Ill-advised

    See also:

    deceived

  3. Taken for another

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Sentence Examples

  • If I'm not mistaken, you called me for help.

  • Was I mistaken before, or am I mistaken now?

  • No doubt the bird had mistaken the purple silk for something good to eat.

  • The effects of these parasites have been mistaken for those of disease.

  • nivalis, often mistaken by travellers for the snow-bunting, Plectrophanes nivalis.

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