past mistakes
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpastandmistake
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past
adjective
uk/pɑːst/us/pæst/
used to refer to a period of time before and until ...
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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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(Definition ofpastandmistakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpast mistakes
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To try to second-guess the expertise of business is not apastmistakethat we intend to repeat.
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Jameson is now insistent on correcting hispastmistakeand thus took the reverse aging drug in order to be at his best.
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If we want to open a critical debate about archaeology we should not content ourselves with denouncing past mistakes and the faults of others.
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The computer has no intelligence to discriminate, judge context or learn from past mistakes.
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It also helps us to avoid reinventing the wheel or repeating past mistakes.
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The lessons of past mistakes are often not absorbed, or the lessons that are drawn from the past are not intelligently applied to new circumstances.
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These large, old sites are particularly challenging if we are to avoid the past mistakes of urban rebuilding.
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This could be achieved by avoiding past mistakes and by planning control programmes at two levels.
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William wished to share the lessons learnt from his past mistakes with his family and was actively engaged in generativity.
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I therefore wish him every success in the future, and trust he will learn the lessons of his past mistakes.
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That, in turn, offers us an opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.
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This is the result of past mistakes and the lack of appropriate instruments.
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We must not repeat past mistakes and therefore should discuss this situation at once.
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It is clearly suffering under the burden of its own past mistakes.
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We should actually be learning from our past mistakes.
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Although he has done something to try to make amends for past mistakes, those mistakes will affect farmers over the coming months.
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They are there undoubtedly, but are strong only in so far as we are bearing past mistakes.
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For example, arrangements will be made for clients to be rung at home rather than at work; we are learning from past mistakes.
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So let us, in this grave situation, make sure that we do not repeat past mistakes.
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