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
In the mistaken belief that EncroChat could not be infiltrated, Rothwell inadvertently sealed his own fate when he shared a photograph of himself posing in a mirror.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
This is called “burying your head in the sand,” and the expression comes from a widely held but mistaken belief about ostriches.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
