mistaken
adjective
if someone is mistaken, they are wrong about something
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Wrong about something
at cross purposes
if two people are at cross purposes, they think that they are talking about the same thing when in fact they are not
be sadly mistaken
to be completely wrong
in error
wrong in what you say or have decided
wide of the mark
incorrect
barking up the wrong tree
doing something that will not get the result you want
off beam
wrong or not accurate
on the right/wrong track
doing or thinking the right/wrong things
be/get lost in the shuffle
to not be dealt with correctly because so many other things are being done at the same time
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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