# mistaken

Pronunciation: say "mi-STAY-kuhn" /mɪˈsteɪkn̩/

## Adjective

1. Holding a belief or opinion that turns out to be incorrect.
   - Simple: Wrong in what you think or believe.
   - _She was mistaken in believing the deadline had already passed._
   - _Many people are mistaken about how the immune system actually works._
2. Incorrect or grounded in an error.
   - Simple: Not correct because of an error.
   - _Her conclusion rested on a mistaken assumption about the data._
   - _The arrest turned out to be a case of mistaken identity._

## Verb

3. Past participle of mistake. — past participle of mistake
   - Simple: Past participle of mistake. Use this form after words like 'have,' 'has,' or 'had.'
   - _She had mistaken the salt for sugar while baking._
   - _He was mistaken for his twin brother by half the guests._

## Origin

Formed from "mistake" combined with the suffix "-n".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mistaken (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).