adjective
Etymology: from past participle of mistake (I)
1. : misunderstood , misconceived
a case of mistaken identity
2. : having a wrong opinion or incorrect information
is mistaken in his ideas about education
it is both unfair and immoral to charge perjury against a man who is only mistaken — L.P.Stryker
3. : wrong in action or thought : erroneous , misguided
the psychologist is as much interested in mistaken behavior as in correct behavior — G.A.Miller
his mistaken venture into poetic drama — H.V.Gregory
correct some of the mistaken ideas about farming — C.R.Hope
• mis·tak·en·ly adverb
• mis·tak·en·ness -kən(n)ə̇s noun -es