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sadly mistaken
phrase as in mistaken
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- confounded
- confused
- deceived
- deluded
- duped
- fooled
- misguided
- misinformed
- misinterpreting
- misjudging
- misled
- tricked
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phrase as in off base
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Example Sentences
If the former IMF chief hoped his French TV interview would silence his critics, he was sadly mistaken.
If Chopin imagined that he was fully understood as an artist by society, he was sadly mistaken.
If you expect anything grand or magnificent from this introduction, you will be sadly mistaken.
Thomas Paine was sadly mistaken when, in the moment of exultation over the peace, he declared that the trying time was ended.
But few men know themselves and are sadly mistaken when they suppose they fully understand those around them.
If the Ranchero supposed that Frank would allow himself to be captured a second time, he was sadly mistaken.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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