Mistaken
adjective
To be wrong or incorrect in understanding, judgement or action.
I thought you were supposed to be here at eight, but I was mistaken.
Often appears as...
- i was mistaken
- you're mistaken
adjective
To wrongly identify someone or something.
Sorry, I mistaken you for someone else.
Often appears as...
- mistaken identity
- mistaken for someone else
adjective
To be wrong or incorrect in understanding, judgement or action.
I thought you were supposed to be here at eight, but I was mistaken.
Often appears as...
- i was mistaken
- you're mistaken
adjective
To wrongly identify someone or something.
Sorry, I mistaken you for someone else.
Often appears as...
- mistaken identity
- mistaken for someone else
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Common Confusion
Easily confused with 'misunderstood', which means not grasped clearly.
You misunderstood my point, but also, you were mistaken about the facts.
Pro Tip 2/3Polite Correction
Use 'You might be mistaken' to gently correct someone.
You might be mistaken about the meeting time; it's at nine.
Pro Tip 3/3Self-Admission
'I was mistaken' shows you acknowledge your own error.
I was mistaken about her intentions, and I apologize for that.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Confusion
Easily confused with 'misunderstood', which means not grasped clearly.
You misunderstood my point, but also, you were mistaken about the facts.
Pro Tip 2/3Polite Correction
Use 'You might be mistaken' to gently correct someone.
You might be mistaken about the meeting time; it's at nine.
Pro Tip 3/3Self-Admission
'I was mistaken' shows you acknowledge your own error.
I was mistaken about her intentions, and I apologize for that.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Confusion
Easily confused with 'misunderstood', which means not grasped clearly.
You misunderstood my point, but also, you were mistaken about the facts.
Pro Tip 2/3Polite Correction
Use 'You might be mistaken' to gently correct someone.
You might be mistaken about the meeting time; it's at nine.
Pro Tip 3/3Self-Admission
'I was mistaken' shows you acknowledge your own error.
I was mistaken about her intentions, and I apologize for that.
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Do schools kill...
Benign advice -- now, profoundly mistaken. The whole world is engulfed in a revolution. And the second is academic ability, which has really come to dominate our view of intelligence, because the universities design the system in their image. If you think of it, the whole system of public education around the world is a protracted process of university entrance.
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The terrors of sleep...
at least once in their life. This panic-inducing episode of coming face-to-face with the creatures from your nightmares can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis
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How to raise a Black son...
And it's not because they thought it would make us better than anyone else it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground,
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The Mermaid Myth PIPE Nat...
ever mistaken that face for that of a mermaid but evidently those boys had been on the boat a little too long but nonetheless these experiences for me were very special you know being alone out there is a chance to see interesting social interactions and behaviors things
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
because it assumes, it's based on a mistaken assumption that everything that can be invented has been invented. In fact, he says, it's innovation that will keep the West ahead of the developing world, with the more sophisticated, innovative tasks being done
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The nurdles' quest for...
Produced in several countries and shipped to plastic manufacturing plants the world over, nurdles often escape during the production process, carried by runoff to the coast or during shipping when they're mistakenly tipped into the waves.
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A funny look at the...
except for the fact that if you think that there is a limit to the amount of anonymous sex we can have on this planet you are sadly mistaken who's your daddy I don't know I'm a tinder baby okay that one won't make you too
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Weirdest Animal...
their young are adopted by ants the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant larva is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers but it
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Beautiful Butterfly...
the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant lava is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers but it doesn't repay the favor once
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Corpse Flower Stinks of...
at first sight it might be mistaken for a dead animal this is rafflesia the corpse flower a meter across it's the world's biggest
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Do schools kill...
Benign advice -- now, profoundly mistaken. The whole world is engulfed in a revolution. And the second is academic ability, which has really come to dominate our view of intelligence, because the universities design the system in their image. If you think of it, the whole system of public education around the world is a protracted process of university entrance.
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
at least once in their life. This panic-inducing episode of coming face-to-face with the creatures from your nightmares can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
And it's not because they thought it would make us better than anyone else it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground,
Video examples
The Mermaid Myth PIPE Nat...
ever mistaken that face for that of a mermaid but evidently those boys had been on the boat a little too long but nonetheless these experiences for me were very special you know being alone out there is a chance to see interesting social interactions and behaviors things
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
because it assumes, it's based on a mistaken assumption that everything that can be invented has been invented. In fact, he says, it's innovation that will keep the West ahead of the developing world, with the more sophisticated, innovative tasks being done
Video examples
The nurdles' quest for...
Produced in several countries and shipped to plastic manufacturing plants the world over, nurdles often escape during the production process, carried by runoff to the coast or during shipping when they're mistakenly tipped into the waves.
Video examples
A funny look at the...
except for the fact that if you think that there is a limit to the amount of anonymous sex we can have on this planet you are sadly mistaken who's your daddy I don't know I'm a tinder baby okay that one won't make you too
Video examples
Weirdest Animal...
their young are adopted by ants the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant larva is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers but it
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant lava is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers but it doesn't repay the favor once
Video examples
Corpse Flower Stinks of...
at first sight it might be mistaken for a dead animal this is rafflesia the corpse flower a meter across it's the world's biggest
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kurt Braunohler
American Comedian
A lot of improvisers mistakenly assume stand-up is awful, because there are a lot of stand-ups in the world that did not appeal to me. It was so easy to make a blanket statement when I was improvising only: 'Stand-up's terrible.' It's so ignorant and stupid to do that. But it's easy to do that. So that's where I came from.
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Robert Herjavec
Canadian Businessman
If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life's schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy - when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.
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Richard Masur
American Actor
But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf person's whole life is like I even mean just realizing what it is like for an instant.
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Kay Cannon
American Writer
On the set of 'Girlboss,' I had to keep introducing myself as the show runner - literally, 'Hi, I'm the boss' - to a lot of my crew. My first AD said, 'Why do you keep doing that?' I said, 'Because I get mistaken for an extra.
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Rocco Buttiglione
American Politician
I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society.
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Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.
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Stephen Sondheim
American Composer
I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.
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Jules Verne
French Author
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
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Jane Austen
British Writer
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
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Gary Oldman
English Actor
My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
Quote examples
Kurt Braunohler
American Comedian
A lot of improvisers mistakenly assume stand-up is awful, because there are a lot of stand-ups in the world that did not appeal to me. It was so easy to make a blanket statement when I was improvising only: 'Stand-up's terrible.' It's so ignorant and stupid to do that. But it's easy to do that. So that's where I came from.
Quote examples
Robert Herjavec
Canadian Businessman
If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life's schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy - when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.
Quote examples
Richard Masur
American Actor
But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf person's whole life is like I even mean just realizing what it is like for an instant.
Quote examples
Kay Cannon
American Writer
On the set of 'Girlboss,' I had to keep introducing myself as the show runner - literally, 'Hi, I'm the boss' - to a lot of my crew. My first AD said, 'Why do you keep doing that?' I said, 'Because I get mistaken for an extra.
Quote examples
Rocco Buttiglione
American Politician
I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society.
Quote examples
Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.
Quote examples
Stephen Sondheim
American Composer
I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.
Quote examples
Jules Verne
French Author
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
Quote examples
Jane Austen
British Writer
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
Quote examples
Gary Oldman
English Actor
My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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