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Adjective

Wrong in one's opinion or judgment

Based on, or resulting from, a misunderstanding or faulty judgment

Not based on sound reasoning or judgment

Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements

Erring or straying from the accepted course or standards

Being affected by delusions

Guilty, responsible, deserving blame

Adverb

Mistaken

Verb

Past participle for to be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

Past participle for to wrongly identify as someone or something else

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Adjective

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Wrong in one's opinion or judgment

barking up the wrong tree

labouring under a misapprehension

wide of mark

wide of the mark

barking up wrong tree

phony^US

phoney^UK

colored^US

coloured^UK

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not thinking straight

economical with the truth

terminologically inexact

to all intents and purposes

beyond the bounds of possibility

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“He is an amateur pundit, if I am not mistaken, but one of the most insightful writers around.”

Adjective

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Based on, or resulting from, a misunderstanding or faulty judgment

under wrong impression

under a misapprehension

“Investigators said this weekend that those reports may prove to be a case of mistaken identity.”

Adjective

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Not based on sound reasoning or judgment

stupidly irresponsible

not quite right in the head

not the full shilling

mad as a March hare

round the twist

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mad as a hatter

barking mad

away with the fairies

of unsound mind

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

round the bend

foaming at the mouth

not right in the head

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Adjective

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Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements

idealized^US

fantasized^US

idealised^UK

product of someone's imagination

imperceptible to the touch

fantasised^UK

phoney^UK

created out of thin air

phony^US

flakey^US

flaky^UK

figment of imagination

out of touch with reality

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Adjective

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Erring or straying from the accepted course or standards

Adjective

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Being affected by delusions

Adjective

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Guilty, responsible, deserving blame

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

without justification

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

ill-favored^US

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Adverb

Mistaken

Verb

Past participle for to be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

“I would mistake his motives, which in actual fact were purely benevolent.”

Verb

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Past participle for to wrongly identify as someone or something else

“People often mistake introversion for shyness.”

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