mistake

Meaning

Verb

1. To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
2. (obsolete) To misunderstand (someone).
3. (obsolete) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
4. (obsolete) To take or choose wrongly.

Noun

1. An error.
2. A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

Concepts

mistake

error

fault

blunder

wrong

slip

aberration

err

lapse

failure

misunderstanding

flaw

accident

misunderstand

sin

make an error

faux pas

negligence

offence

misjudge

calamity

omission

defect

delusion

bad

misinterpret

goof

bug

catastrophe

oversight

bungle

misapprehension

misidentify

miss

incorrect

mistaken

disaster

misconstrue

bloomer

misread

failing

miscarriage

misconception

misapprehend

stumble

crime

boo-boo

inaccuracy

discrepancy

misdeed

shortcoming

be wrong

erroneous

fallacy

make a mistake

confuse

gaffe

inadvertence

carelessness

defeat

fluff

contretemps

miskick

slip up

misconceive

falsity

wrongdoing

be in error

balls-up

ballup

foul

blooper

fail

false

imperfection

offense

make mistake

mishear

apparent and grievous error

miss seeing

indiscretion

immoral act

drop words

bumble

clinker

corrigendum

miscue

no-no

exaggeration

overestimation

false step

guilt

blundering

break

errancy

floater

muff

slip-up

snarl-up

trip

inconsistency

misdemeanour

be ignorant of

forget

not know

not recognize

near miss

real number

go wrong

make mistakes

malfunction

syndrome

gross error

esp

guilty

wrongness

harmful

evil

wrong way

to go astray

snag

without doubt

a

be

make

pratfall

screwup

cockup

fuck up

misplay

revoke

wrinkle

blame

neglect

misfortune

misinterpretation

botch

confusion

not clean

bobble

at fault

commit an error

in error

bargain

exchange

mix up

swap

switch

take

trade

mishap

differ

errors

mistakes

morality

wrength

default

failures

boner

foul-up

fuckup

gaucherie

howler

malpractice

mistook

mix-up

miscalculation

neglectfulness

negligency

offhandedness

remissness

slovenliness

thoughtlessness

Freudian slip

clanger

mischief

dereliction

lie

do wrong

absence

ignorance

inattention

worthy

exceed

be confused

transgression

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪˈsteɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga).
The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb.

Sentences

If he makes a buying mistake , it doesn't affect him much .