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/mɪˈsteɪkən/- 1[never before noun] if someone is mistaken, they are wrong about somethingmistaken about:
He may have been mistaken about what he saw.
sadly mistaken:If you think I’m going to help, you’re sadly mistaken.
be mistaken in (doing) something:She is mistaken in thinking that the report was written last year.
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unless I’m mistaken
or if I’m not mistaken spoken
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mistakenly
adverbHe mistakenly believed that she was married.
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