mistakes
Learning's raw material
Mistakes are errors or wrong actions, things done incorrectly or poorly judged.
A mistake can be minor—a spelling mistake, a mistake in arithmetic—or consequential: Marrying him was the biggest mistake of my life.
To mistake something is to misidentify it: I mistook her for her sister.
Make no mistake emphasizes certainty about what follows.
Faulty evaluation of something
- miscalculationError in estimation
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- follyAbsence of good judgment
indiscretion · blunder · regret · rashness · impulsiveness · shortsightedness · naivety · overconfidence
Unintended harmful event
- mishapMinor unfortunate occurrence
- unintentionalNot done on purpose
- inadvertentDone without intention
- oopsMinor blunder interjection
whoops · slip · mix-up · misunderstanding · confusion · miscommunication · autocorrect · tongue-twister
Unethical or illegal action
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- sinViolation of divine law
- faultImperfection or blame
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
offense · misdeed · failing · lapse · indiscretion · shame · guilt · remorse
Serious mistakes from carelessness
- slip-upsCareless small mistakes
- gaffesEmbarrassing social mistakes
- typosUnintended keystroke errors
- miscalculationsErrors in computation
oversights · inaccuracies · flubs · boo-boos · howlers · missteps · lapses · faults
Units of teaching
- growthIncrease in size
- feedbackReturned response data
- trial-and-errorSolving by successive approximation
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
improvement · practice · resilience · iteration · debugging · revision · correction · adjustment
misjudgment
Faulty evaluation of something
- miscalculationError in estimation
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
folly · indiscretion · blunder · regret · rashness · impulsiveness · shortsightedness · naivety · overconfidence · underestimation
accident
Unintended harmful event
- mishapMinor unfortunate occurrence
- unintentionalNot done on purpose
- inadvertentDone without intention
oops · whoops · slip · mix-up · misunderstanding · confusion · miscommunication · autocorrect · tongue-twister · malapropism
wrongdoing
Unethical or illegal action
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- sinViolation of divine law
- faultImperfection or blame
trespass · offense · misdeed · failing · lapse · indiscretion · shame · guilt · remorse · atonement
blunders
Serious mistakes from carelessness
miscalculations · oversights · inaccuracies · flubs · boo-boos · howlers · missteps · lapses · faults · goofs
lessons
Units of teaching
- growthIncrease in size
- feedbackReturned response data
- trial-and-errorSolving by successive approximation
experience · improvement · practice · resilience · iteration · debugging · revision · correction · adjustment · reflection
- bloopersbloopers, blooper, fail, gag reel, outtakes
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, botch, errors
- flawsfaults, defect, flaw, blemish, flaws
- learning experiencesfailures, successes, mentorship, challenges, setbacks
- life lessonslesson learned, moral, lessons learned, life lessons, parable
- life storyautobiography, memoir, early years, childhood, memories
mistakesaccuracies
Degrees of correctness
comprehends · differentiates · appreciates · successes · hits
mistakesachievements
Completed goals worth noting
triumphs · accomplishments · victories · successes · masterstrokes
- by mistakeUnintentionally, in error
- make a mistakeAct incorrectly or poorly
- made a mistakeActed incorrectly
- my mistakeAdmission of error
- making a mistakeActing incorrectly or misjudging
- mistaken identityWrongly recognized as another