Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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mistake | Yes | No | Yes | No |
miscue | Yes | No | No | No |
mistake (noun) | miscue (noun) |
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a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball |
an understanding of something that is not correct | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
part of a statement that is not correct |
mistake (verb) | miscue (verb) |
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to make a mistake or be incorrect | |
identify incorrectly |