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

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