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Word for a mistake that's not a mistake
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Consider a situation in which a person does the correct action, except that the specific constraints of the situation demand a different action. Especially when the different action is more difficult, more twisted, more asinine, etc.
Eg, multiply 10 by 8. You multiply them to get 80, but the question environment was such that you were supposed to add 10 to itself 8 times. You didn't make a mistake, you made a ....
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