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• n  a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  he made a bad mistake
• n  an understanding of something that is not correct
  he wasn't going to admit his mistake
  make no mistake about his intentions
• n  part of a statement that is not correct
• v  identify incorrectly
  Don't mistake her for her twin sister
• v  to make a mistake or be incorrect

• I think this is a mistake.
• At the start of the New Deal, President Roosevelt announced that he would admit his own mistakes and correct them.
• Are Citigroup's troubles evidence that Glass-Steagall repeal was a colossal mistake?.

• error
• fault
• misunderstanding
• misapprehension
• misidentify
• err
• slip

News & Articles

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• Colo. Corrections Released Killer By Mistake
  The Colorado Department of Corrections says it has revised procedures after a white supremacist killer who was supposed to be serving life in prison was released by mistake.
  June 12, 2013 - KREX-TV Grand Junction
• Don't Let Credit Report Errors Ruin Your Life
  A mistake on your credit report could cost you tens of thousands of dollars in higher mortgage, auto loan and credit card rates.
  June 12, 2013 - FOX Business
• Lawsuit: Cemetery made burial mistake
  Lawsuit: Cemetery made burial mistake A mix-up at a southwestern Michigan cemetery led a couple to be buried apart instead of under a headstone inscribed with the words "Together For Ever," according to a lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages. AP Wire Kalamazoo Jun 11, 2013 googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-ght300x250"); }); The lawsuit filed in March in Kalamazoo County ...
  June 11, 2013 - Grand Haven Tribune

Quotes

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• Nancy Pelosi in Xinhua
  The spokesperson Jiang Yu made the remarks when asked to comment on the statement in which Pelosi said "I believe that International Olympic Committee made a mistake in awarding the 2008 Summer Games to China."
• Linda Lingle in Los Angeles Times
  It would be a mistake to allow a decision of this magnitude to be made by one individual or a small group of elected officials,she said.