mistaken belief

Example Sentences

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The splitter’s decline was due to a mistaken belief it caused elbow injuries, but modern data shows it puts less torque on the elbow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Gunners' forward Gabriel Martinelli apologised after the match for attempting to push Bradley off the field in the mistaken belief he was time-wasting.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

This suggests that the problem is not an inability to spot harmful behavior, but a mistaken belief about how widespread it is.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

The Bulgarian top-flight side held a minute's silence for Ganchev before kick-off in the mistaken belief that the 78-year-old had died.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Though related to these abstract considerations, the mistaken belief in the mechanical nature of mathematics generally takes more prosaic forms.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos