- past participle of mistake.
mistaken
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If a household or business borrows “under a mistaken belief about how policymakers will or won’t move interest rates, that mistake could prove costly,” Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said in a speech this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Iowa is not likely to be mistaken for France anytime soon, but Lahn’s version of conservatism is still very European.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
That category extends beyond generative AI, so the percentage should not be mistaken for a precise measure of AI exposure.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
She did say, however, that staying a few miles offshore helped to avoid being mistaken for shark food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Nothing could hasten more the progress of these reflections & sentiments which are secretly undermining the institution which this mistaken zeal is laboring to secure agst. the most distant approach of danger.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Way Off: Synonyms for "Wrong"
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Power Suffix: -en
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