mistaken
[adjective]
Synonyms: wrong, erroneous, false, faulty, inaccurate, incorrect, misguided, unsound, wide of the mark

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Contrasted words: accurate, correct, right, unerring, exact, precise
Related Idioms: all wet, off base, off the track
Related Words: confounded, confused, deceived, deluded, misinformed

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English Thesaurus: disagree/not agree, be divided/split, differ, not see eye to eye, be mistaken, ...

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mis‧tak‧en /məˈsteɪkən, mɪˈsteɪkən/ adjective
[Word Family: adverb: unmistakably, mistakenly; adjective: mistaken, unmistakable; verb: mistake; noun: mistake]

1. be mistaken if you are mistaken, you are wrong about something that you thought you knew or saw:
It can’t have been my car. You must be mistaken.
I thought he said 12 o'clock, but I might have been mistaken.
We bought the rug in Turkey, if I’m not mistaken.

2. mistaken belief/idea/impression/view etc a mistaken belief etc is not correct:
Marijuana has few withdrawal effects, and this has given rise to the mistaken belief that it is not addictive.
—mistakenly adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mistaken
adj.
VERBS be, prove
ADV. badly, gravely, profoundly, sadly, seriously, very (much) You are very much mistaken if you think that people will agree to these changes.
completely, quite, utterly, wholly | somehow
PREP. about I think you're mistaken about the time.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

disagree/not agree to have a different opinion from someone else about something:
Scholars disagree about the meaning of the poem.
I don’t agree with a word of what she says.
be divided/split if a group of people is divided or split on something, some of them have one opinion and others have a completely different opinion:
The party is divided on this issue.
differ if two or more people differ about something, they have different opinions from each other about it:
The two men differed on how to handle the crisis.
not see eye to eye used to say that two people have different opinions and ideas so that it is difficult for them to be friends or work together:
Some of the teachers don’t see eye to eye with the principal of the school.
be mistaken used to say that you disagree with someone’s opinion and that you think they are wrong:
People are mistaken if they think that this problem will go away on its own.
take issue with somebody/something formal to express strong disagreement with an idea or with what someone has said or done:
A number of people took issue with the mayor’s decision.
dissent formal to say publicly that you disagree with an official opinion or one that most people accept:
Two members of the jury dissented from the majority verdict.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

wrong not correct or right – used about facts, answers etc, or people:
For every wrong answer, you lose five points.
The figure he gave me was wrong.
I think you’re wrong about that.
incorrect something that is incorrect is wrong because someone has made a mistake. Incorrect is more formal than wrong:
I’m afraid these prices are incorrect.
The doctor had made an incorrect diagnosis.
inaccurate something that is inaccurate is not exactly right and contains mistakes:
inaccurate information
inaccurate measurements
The old maps were often inaccurate.
false not based on true facts:
Are the following statements true or false?
He was accused of giving false information to the police.
untrue [not usually before noun] not based on true facts, especially because someone is lying or guessing:
I can’t believe he said that about me. It’s completely untrue!
The allegations were untrue.
misleading a misleading statement or piece of information makes people believe something that is wrong, especially because it does not give all the facts:
The article was very misleading.
misleading statistics
misguided a misguided decision, belief, action etc is wrong because it is based on bad judgement or understanding:
That decision seems misguided now.
It was the consequence of a misguided economic policy.
mistaken wrong – used about ideas and beliefs. Also used about a person being wrong. You’re mistaken sounds more polite and less direct than saying you’re wrong:
She’s completely mistaken if she thinks that I don’t care about her.
a mistaken belief
go badly/seriously wrong
The book is a thriller about a diamond robbery that goes badly wrong.
go horribly/terribly wrong
From that moment on, everything went horribly wrong for the team.
go disastrously wrong
Help was close at hand in case the stunt went disastrously wrong.
go tragically wrong (=so that death or serious injury results)
A father and son died in a fire after a good deed for a friend went tragically wrong.
things go wrong
If things go wrong, they’ll blame me.
something/nothing/everything goes wrong
If something goes wrong with your machine, you can take it back to the dealer.
you can’t go wrong (=you cannot make a mistake)
Turn right and then right again--you really can’t go wrong.
if anything can go wrong, it will
I’m sure that if anything can go wrong, it will.

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