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mistakenly

[ mi-stey-kuhn-lee ]

adverb

  1. unintentionally or inadvertently; by mistake:

    I may have mistakenly interchanged them without realizing it.

  2. in a way that is wrongly conceived, held, or done; incorrectly:

    Many people mistakenly believe their PhD will help them land a stable, middle-class job even if they can't get an academic job.



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A US judge has issued a scathing opinion against the Trump administration after immigration officials admitted to having mistakenly deported a man living in the US to a prison in El Salvador.

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.

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However, police have subsequently admitted that the order was not valid because the officer dealing with the case mistakenly got her husband to sign the agreement, rather than her.

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Kerger repeated this, further adding that New York’s member station mistakenly placed it on the PBS website, but it was neither intended for national distribution nor aired on PBS itself.

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The 25-year-old back row spent 25 days in an induced coma after being diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, which occurs when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the brain.

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