Imperfect
Imperfect adjective - Having a fault.
Mistaken and imperfect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mistaken" instead an adjective "Imperfect".
Nearby Words: imperfection, imperfectly
Mistaken
Mistaken adjective - Having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts.
Imperfect and mistaken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imperfect" instead an adjective "Mistaken".
Nearby Words: mistake, mistakenly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- confused and imperfect
- confused and mistaken
- wrong and imperfect
- wrong and mistaken
- defective and imperfect
- defective and mistaken
- faulty and imperfect
- faulty and mistaken
- unsound and imperfect
- unsound and mistaken
- flawed and imperfect
- flawed and mistaken
- erroneous and imperfect
- erroneous and mistaken
Both words in one sentence
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Deliberately invoked in Michael Resnick's future history novels where characters in (chronologically) later novels often display mistaken/imperfect/misbegotten ideas about "historical" events that took place in earlier books.
Source: Future Imperfect -
In "The Changeling", he convinced Nomad ("find and exterminate imperfection") that it was imperfect (it had mistaken Kirk for its similarly-named creator).
Source: Logic Bomb -
Future Imperfect: In "Alice's Birthday", after Alice fixes the past, she finds out her actions are remembered only as an eccentric action of an enthusiastic woman (back then, it was mistaken for an assassination attempt).
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