The phrase "prior mistakes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to errors or misjudgments that occurred before the current situation or context.
Example: "We must learn from our prior mistakes to avoid repeating them in the future."
Alternatives: "previous errors" or "earlier missteps".
Referring to that episode's "pedigree of near-tragedy," Justice Souter said that "today's decision can only be seen as a step toward recapturing the prior mistakes".
And it has therefore been the case that the lesson to be learned from the prior leaders of the state is the way to benefit from prior mistakes, and the means to preserve the revolutionaries of Syria on the jihadi trend while not moulding them in a western framework which that western support brings.
Asherman's comes from having repetitive D and C's, the kind that often follow miscarriages or abortions, and if you know that tidbit, you're left to wonder whether we're supposed to think of Sarah as someone who never paid much attention in sex ed, a woman suffering from her prior mistakes.
After its prior mistakes with Surface, Microsoft wants the first revenue figure for its new devices to be as large possible.
In the case of dissimilar conditions, this is the correct behavior, but in the case of similar conditions, this behavior is inappropriate; it may lead to the repetition of prior mistakes (Haleblian and Finkelstein 1999) or at least be inefficient.
After a few successful startups following that period (Stockpickr.com notably, which sold to thestreet.com in 2007) I've started to do more angel investing and, in doing so, have figured out a check list to help me avoid my prior mistakes.
85 mins: William Gallas very, very nearly makes amends for his prior mistake when he rises highest to a corner and absolutes thunders a header onto the bottom of the crossbar.
Similar to the prior mistake, they go overboard.
At a TCM Classic Film Festival screening this spring of his 1992 film "Malcolm X," Lee pointed out that the academy often gave Oscars as "makeup calls" for previous work, like a sports referee who compensates for a prior mistake.
6. SAMIT PATEL - Did not do enough with either bat or ball in the first three Tests to retain his place in the last. 5. MATT PRIOR - Mistakes behind the stumps have become few and far between, and Prior is the world's best batting wicketkeeper.
Prior social mistakes leave painful scars for everyone, but, if they are seen as learning experiences, they can be the foundation of what to leave behind and to activate the motivation to learn what does work.
