mistaken

Example Sentences

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In the heart of Sao Paulo, a "prisonometer" keeps a live tally of people jailed due to Latin America's largest AI facial-recognition system, but its successes have been marred by mistaken arrests.

From Barron's

I supposed it was pretty flattering to be mistaken for a relative of the beautiful, glamorous Anna May.

From Literature

I freeze, hoping my ears were mistaken, but no: the sound of a bag being dropped, of a soft hat landing on the rack.

From Literature

It would never be mistaken for a dry lecture or a didactic pamphlet.

From Los Angeles Times

Multiple people told the Washington Post that the school was “on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site.”

From Salon