honest mistake

noun

: something that anyone could be wrong about

Don't worry about it. It was an honest mistake.

Examples of honest mistake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While the princess’ apology and claim of an honest mistake should go some way to halting further social media conversation, others will find the altered image and subsequent explanation hard to accept. —Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024

When companies make an honest mistake, customers are usually willing to forgive. —Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2024

If the police officers who killed Bradford really made an honest mistake, a heat-of-the-moment decision, the video would show that to the public. —Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2023

And while the honest mistake of a seat reshuffle might seem like business as usual to a major airline, there are often unseen personal dynamics at play. —Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2023

Is this incompetence, ignorance, or an honest mistake? —Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 July 2023

And the honest mistake, a benign mix-up anyone could have made, proved to be costly. —Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023

Tigers' Matt Vierling explains 'honest mistake' on bases in Wednesday's one-run loss Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling and catcher Eric Haase did not start Thursday after making critical mistakes while running the bases in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays. —Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2023

What’s more, Gilbert didn’t think Red Truck’s free coffee policy was an honest mistake or a misunderstanding, as Noyes alleges. —Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023