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Also Inflected form of mistake

mistaken

mis·ta·ken

UK/mɪˈsteɪkn̩/ US/mɪˈsteɪkʌn/ common

adjective

1.

wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

  • “well-meaning but misguided teachers”
  • “a mistaken belief”
  • “mistaken identity”
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2.

arising from error

  • “a false assumption”
  • “a mistaken view of the situation”
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Origin

Morphologically mistake + -n.

Phrases

  • mistaken identity

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