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honest mistake

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meanings of honestand mistake


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honest
adjective
uk /ˈɒn.ɪst/ us /ˈɑː.nɪst/
telling the truth or able to be trusted and not likely to steal, cheat, ...
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mistake
noun[C]
uk /mɪˈsteɪk/ us /mɪˈsteɪk/
an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or ...
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Examples of honest mistake


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Those estimates may be too small, but if so, it is an honestmistake.
It may have been a genuine and honestmistake.
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But they lacked the courage to admit they had made an honestmistake.
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The point of this amendment is to protect people who have made an honestmistake which did not materially affect the final result.
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An honestmistake is not an issue for us.
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It was an honestmistake, openly acknowledged and dealt with.
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I hope that subsection (5) will not catch those who are summoned and who make an honestmistake about their eligibility.
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There is no shame, even for a commission, in making an honestmistake.
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It does not act contrary if it wishes, but it may by an honestmistake act contrary to the law.
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I believe that in this inquiry an honestmistake was made.
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I do not believe that any honestmistake made in good faith will lead to a prosecution.
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Initially, my constituents took the view that an honestmistake had occurred.
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Presumably, it would have been an honestmistake by the authority and there would be no suggestion of any need to back date the certificate.
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Let us suppose that an honestmistake is made that somehow removes the opportunity.
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I think that we should be making a very grave error if we confused an honestmistake with negligence.
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If we were ever to lose sight of that, men would be in danger of being sent to prison for long terms for what could have been an honestmistake.
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It is bought and sold through paper transactions between dealers, which makes it all the more difficult to trace the point at which honestmistake ends and deliberate wrongdoing begins.
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I have no reason for believing that this was other than a genuine and honestmistake on the part of the brokers and the applicants concerned.
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But in any event what we want is that there should be an offence only if there is bad faith, and not if a doctor has made an honestmistake.
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There are other factors of which he knows which fix the date, so it cannot possibly be said that an honestmistake was made by the staff.
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