mistaken
adjective/mɪˈsteɪkən/
/mɪˈsteɪkən/
- [not usually before noun] mistaken (about somebody/something) wrong in your opinion or judgement
- You are completely mistaken about Jane.
- My cab driver thought I must be mistaken about the new restaurant.
- Unless I'm very much mistaken, that's the head teacher.
- I thought I saw someone I knew, but I must have been mistaken.
- You are very much mistaken if you think that people will agree to these changes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- badly
- fundamentally
- gravely
- …
- about
- based on a wrong opinion or bad judgement synonym misguided
- mistaken views/ideas
- I told her my secret in the mistaken belief that I could trust her.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1- They hold a number of mistaken beliefs about their new neighbours.
- That view seems mistaken.
- He has the mistaken idea that scientists are infallible.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- badly
- fundamentally
- gravely
- …
- about
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