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Mistake

/mɪˈsteɪk/
An error or fault in action, opinion, or judgment

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Examples:

Mistakes were disastrous.She must be mistaken!No mistaking him.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English mistaken, from the Old Norse mistaka, meaning to take mistakenly. The term became mistake in English by dropping the prefix mis- and suffix -en.

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