tactical mistake

collocation in English

meaningsoftacticalandmistake

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tactical
adjective
uk
/ˈtæk.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈtæk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to tactics or done in order to ...
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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 oftacticalandmistakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftactical mistake

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If true, it was atacticalmistakeof historic proportion, and extraordinary good fortune for the insurgents who lost no time in exploiting it adeptly.
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Bentham himself, at least in some of his reminiscent and revisionary statements, seems to suggest that he had made atacticalmistakein the 1780s.
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To treat it as being otherwise may be atacticalmistake, but that is not for me to say.
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I think that he made atacticalmistakein not doing so.
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The decision not to appoint a local authority member to them instead of a senior local government officer is atacticalmistake.
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It was atacticalmistaketo hold a ballot without the union's permission and co-operation— which he would not have got, but such is the world we live in.
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Was not thetacticalmistaketo enter into talks with someone on the other side of the table who had not the power even to negotiate?
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In the end, it proved to be atacticalmistakethat only exacerbated opposition to his regime.
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The game uses a battery save to help players regain lost characters in case one of them die in atacticalmistake.
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Smith was criticized for his riding and admitted he had made atacticalmistakethat may have caused the loss.
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Zarate made thetacticalmistakeof going toe to toe with a shorter but harder hitting puncher.
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Chappuis also believed the defeat was the result of tactical mistakes.
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But tactical mistakes were committed and mischances occurred, and with very little fighting our armoured force became disorganised.
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People engaged in an industry will be less likely to make tactical mistakes inside the industry than anybody coming in from outside.
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The first was tactical mistakes.
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Rebels also admitted of doing tactical mistakes such as ruining surprise attacks.
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