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mistakenly

[mi-stey-kuhn-lee] / mɪˈsteɪ kən li /
ADVERB
wrongly
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An IT worker from Wales lost around 7,500 bitcoin he mined in 2009 after a hard drive was mistakenly thrown away during an office cleanup.

From The Wall Street Journal

Generally, people are accidentally poisoned after they mistakenly eat a wild mushroom they thought was safe, McCurdy said.

From Los Angeles Times

Multiple sclerosis occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks myelin, the protective layer surrounding nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord.

From Science Daily

A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange apologised on Saturday after mistakenly transferring more than $40 billion worth of bitcoin to users, which briefly prompted a selloff on the platform.

From Barron's

In it, he's mistakenly referred to as the former prime minister of Northern Ireland - a role that has not existed since 1972.

From BBC