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[ uh-roh-nee-uhs, e-roh- ] / əˈroʊ ni əs, ɛˈroʊ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR erroneous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecontaining error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong: an erroneous answer. straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc. Origin of erroneous1350–1400; Middle English <Latin errōneus straying, equivalent to errōn- (stem of errō) wanderer (derivative of err-;see err) + -eus-eous SYNONYMS FOR erroneous1 inaccurate, untrue, false. SEE SYNONYMS FOR erroneous ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR erroneousSEE ANTONYMS FOR erroneous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM erroneouser·ro·ne·ous·ly, adverber·ro·ne·ous·ness, nounnon·er·ro·ne·ous, adjectivenon·er·ro·ne·ous·ly, adverb non·er·ro·ne·ous·ness, noun Words nearby erroneouserrhine, Er Rif, erring, Errol, erron., erroneous, error, error analysis, error coin, error correction, error message Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for erroneousOnly the erroneous assumption in that, see, is that a guy like Calley might ever volunteer any information at all. The Stacks: Grateful Dead I Have Known|Ed McClanahan|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST All along, the atomic minuet with Tehran has been built on assumptions—ours and theirs—that are, as it turns out, erroneous. Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran’s Problem.|Christopher Dickey|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is a conspiracy to convict the captain when the core team made the erroneous decisions together. Costa Concordia Captain: I’m A Scapegoat For Carnival Cruise Lines|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST From a political perspective, the erroneous but strategic conflation of inequality and mobility makes obvious sense. Why Obama Can’t Solve Inequality|Nick Gillespie|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The erroneous decision is only compounded by the current state of Israeli higher education. The Real Problems with Israel's Newest University|Ron Mandelbaum|July 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST She took in his civilian dress, typed it automatically, and came to an erroneous conclusion. Mercenary|Dallas McCord Reynolds If my views are erroneous, as exhibited in these lectures, I cannot plead that they have been hastily adopted. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences|Edward Hitchcock It would seem that this statement is erroneous, apart from the fact that it conflicts with the prior date in reference to Alamo. A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country|Thomas Dykes Beasley The historians have shifted the position to suit their various and erroneous ideas of the field of battle. The speech of the Cornish people is another subject about which erroneous ideas may be got from reading. The Land's End|W. H. Hudson
British Dictionary definitions for erroneous
adjectivebased on or containing error; mistaken; incorrect Derived forms of erroneouserroneously, adverberroneousness, nounWord Origin for erroneousC14: (in the sense: deviating from what is right), from Latin errōneus, from errāre to wander Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to erroneousuntrue, inaccurate, spurious, specious, mistaken, unsound, invalid, faulty, misguided, unfounded, false, flawed, amiss, askew, awry, defective, fallacious, inexact, off, all wet |