mistaken

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mis·taken BrE [mɪˈsteɪkən] NAmE [mɪˈsteɪkən] adjective
1. not usually before noun ~ (about sb/sth) wrong in your opinion or judgement
• You are completely mistaken about Jane.
• Unless I'm very much mistaken, that's Paul's wife over there.
•I thought I saw someone I knew, but I must have been mistaken.
2. based on a wrong opinion or bad judgement
Syn: ↑misguided
•mistaken views/ideas
• I told her my secret in the mistaken belief that I could trust her.
Derived Word: ↑mistakenly

Thesaurus:
mistaken [mistaken mistakenly] adj.
•It was a case of mistaken identity.
wrong • • false • • inaccurate • • incorrect • • misguided • • untrue •
Opp: correct
be mistaken/wrong about sth
mistaken/wrong/false/inaccurate/incorrect/untrue information
give/get a mistaken/the wrong/a false/an inaccurate impression

Example Bank:
•That view seems mistaken.
•You are very much mistaken if you think that people will agree to these changes.
•He has the mistaken idea that scientists are infallible.
•I thought I knew him, but I must have been mistaken.
•It was a case of mistaken identity.
•They hold a number of mistaken beliefs about their new neighbours.
•Unless I'm very much mistaken, that's his wife over there.
•You're completely mistaken about Jane.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  false, misguided