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as in blunders
a wrong judgment
they made a mistake when they thought the young pitcher was ready to be called up to the major leagues
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as in errors
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
made a mistake on the exam that almost cost her a passing grade
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as in misunderstands
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
the auctioneer mistook my nod for a bid, and I ended up buying a painting I don't even like
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as in underestimates
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
you seriously mistake me if you think I scare so easily
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as in confuses
to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related
she mistook physical attraction for love
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Recent Examples of mistakes
Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Players will now have the ability to correct mistakes by rewinding, as well as the option to save their progress.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
Yellow leaves won’t recover, but quick correction of care mistakes can support healthy new growth.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
But that’s not Unrivaled, where there are fewer bodies to cover mistakes.
—Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Wright, a 73-year-old retired real estate broker, thinks both Pretti and the Customs and Border Protection agents made mistakes.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Many trusted iPhone apps quietly expose data due to basic security mistakes.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Sacramento police spokesperson Anthony Gamble does not believe there were any mistakes made in the investigation, but there have been challenges.
—Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
And the mistakes, such as frantically learning — and failing — at how to build a river.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
For someone who mistakes dependency as weakness, relying on someone can signal a loss of autonomy.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The stage is thus set for an Eddington-style standoff, as Hegseth arrives in South Park and immediately mistakes the race for an Antifa uprising.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2025
Her unfinished palace becomes a mirror to a culture that mistakes accumulation for meaning.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
My father mistakes it for the verb to bray, like a donkey.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
When the user clicks that link, the browser mistakes the malicious prompt for an instruction from the user—and begins carrying it out.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
The extensive embellishment of a score by Bobby Krlic (the English musician who records as the Haxan Cloak), drenched in moody synths and guitar, fits the tone but also adds to the nagging sense that the younger Day-Lewis’ storytelling too often mistakes padding for atmosphere.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
Younger Recently divorced and adjusting to life as an empty nester, fortysomething Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) gains a boost of confidence once a 26-year-old tattoo artist mistakes her for someone his age.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
This lens helps explain everything from investing mistakes and overspending to why some people quietly build wealth while others blow money in ways that, from the outside, look spectacularly dumb.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
Players will now have the ability to correct mistakes by rewinding, as well as the option to save their progress.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
Yellow leaves won’t recover, but quick correction of care mistakes can support healthy new growth.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
But that’s not Unrivaled, where there are fewer bodies to cover mistakes.
—Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
Wright, a 73-year-old retired real estate broker, thinks both Pretti and the Customs and Border Protection agents made mistakes.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Many trusted iPhone apps quietly expose data due to basic security mistakes.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Sacramento police spokesperson Anthony Gamble does not believe there were any mistakes made in the investigation, but there have been challenges.
—Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
And the mistakes, such as frantically learning — and failing — at how to build a river.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
No one mistakes him for a devout Christian or a person of faith or morality.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
For someone who mistakes dependency as weakness, relying on someone can signal a loss of autonomy.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The stage is thus set for an Eddington-style standoff, as Hegseth arrives in South Park and immediately mistakes the race for an Antifa uprising.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2025
Her unfinished palace becomes a mirror to a culture that mistakes accumulation for meaning.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
My father mistakes it for the verb to bray, like a donkey.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
When the user clicks that link, the browser mistakes the malicious prompt for an instruction from the user—and begins carrying it out.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
The extensive embellishment of a score by Bobby Krlic (the English musician who records as the Haxan Cloak), drenched in moody synths and guitar, fits the tone but also adds to the nagging sense that the younger Day-Lewis’ storytelling too often mistakes padding for atmosphere.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
Younger Recently divorced and adjusting to life as an empty nester, fortysomething Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) gains a boost of confidence once a 26-year-old tattoo artist mistakes her for someone his age.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistakes
Noun
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That was indicative of how Buffalo’s blunders proved costly.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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Williamson County based Ramsey Solutions has also come up with an effective guide to avoid any regifting blunders.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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When teams have not been rigorously tested in realistic, high-pressure environments, automation can become a force multiplier for errors.—
James Hadley,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Gauff hit zero winners and compiled 11 unforced errors in the set.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That, too, misunderstands the law.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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That claim misunderstands both the intent and the reality.—
Nan Rich,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But national security officials counter that this underestimates what's at stake.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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As always, Keaton drastically underestimates herself.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
Verb
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No one confuses kilowatt-hours with productivity, yet no serious economy flies blind without tracking them.—
Noosheen Hashemi,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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Where the Roma obscured the line between a classic grand tourer and a sports car with supercar tendencies, the Amalfi confuses things further.—
Jonny Lieberman,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ullrich stresses the role of tactical mistakes and misjudgments, not least by the far left, which shortsightedly refused to compromise its beliefs and join with more moderate groups to oppose democratic backsliding.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Chasing virality over community misses the point.—
Jonathan Kleeman,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
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The narrative of green software solving energy constraints misses the physics.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Home designer Allisa Jacobs wrote in a blog post that AI routinely misjudges the proportions and sizes of rooms and furniture, suggesting pieces that wouldn’t realistically fit in the space.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the Fed just kind of misjudges what's going on and pushes too hard on interest rates and pushes the economy in.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Mistakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistakes. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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