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mistakable
/ mɪˈsteɪkəbəl /
adjective
- liable to be mistaken
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Derived Forms
- misˈtakably, adverb
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Other Words From
- mis·taka·ble·ness noun
- mis·taka·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mistakable1
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Example Sentences
The principle of effective regulation of public-service carriers had been, indeed, vigorously affirmed in no mistakable terms.
Cocoa is often adulterated with fine brown earth, treated with fat to render it more easily mistakable for real cocoa.
Old sailors exhort their neophytes to throw nothing over the weather-side except ashes or hot water: a hint not mistakable.
But there she stood, mistakable for no other on this wide earth!
I am certain of this; he almost told me so himself, not in words, but the mistakable leer he gave her in reply.
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