Meanings
comparative more mistaken · superlative most mistaken
- Erroneous.
A mistaken sense of loyalty.
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The statement also recognised that Eta’s “mistakes or mistaken decisions” had led to the deaths of people who had nothing to do with the conflict, both in the Basque country and beyond.
2018 April 20, Sam Jones, “'We are truly sorry': Eta apologises for four decades of deadly violence”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2019
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mistaken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistaken
“mistaken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistaken. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistaken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistaken.
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