mistaken
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I take so many breaks that I could just as easily be mistaken for a bird-watcher as a skier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Iowa is not likely to be mistaken for France anytime soon, but Lahn’s version of conservatism is still very European.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Given those opportunities, do you think Meta will be able to resist the temptation to exploit the private information users give over to Muse in the mistaken impression that it will stay private?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The BBC apologised for the error and said that the broadcast gave "the mistaken impression that President Trump made a direct call for violent action".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Brahe at first thought that he had obtained a reliable figure for the parallax of Mars which proved the Ptolemaic system was mistaken, although he later realized that there were problems with it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing mistaken
Way Off: Synonyms for "Wrong"
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