0 an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or unintentional result:
I'm not blaming you - we all make mistakes.
[ + to infinitive ] It was a mistake for us to come here tonight.
I've discovered a few mistakes in your calculations.
Why am I under arrest? There must be some mistake.
1 to be wrong about or to fail to recognize something or someone:
2 an action or decision that is wrong or produces a result that is not correct or not intended:
We all make mistakes.
[ + to infinitive ] It was a mistake to come to this restaurant without a reservation.
3 to be wrong about or fail to recognize something or someone:
She admitted that she had made a mistake.
Sooner or later she's going to realize what a mistake she's made.
There seems to have been a mistake - my name isn't on the list.
If you draw or write in pencil you can always rub out your mistakes with an eraser.
I have an apology to make to you - I'm afraid I opened your letter by mistake.
The work also suffers from editorial mistakes that detract from its content.
The spelling mistakes are distracting (pp. 35, 157), and the endnotes are not practical, especially in the absence of a bibliography.
The text, however, includes a number of mistakes and questionable statements.
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