Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing or derived from error; mistaken.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wandering; roving; devious; unsettled; irregular.
- Controlled by error; misled; deviating from the truth.
- Containing error; false; mistaken; not conformable to truth or justice; liable to mislead: as, an erroneous opinion; erroneous doctrine or instruction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.
- adjective obsolete Misleading; misled; mistaking.
- adjective Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Containing anerror ;inaccurate . - adjective
Derived from an error. - adjective
Mistaken . - adjective law
signifies adeviation from therequirements of thelaw , but does notconnote alack oflegal authority , and is thusdistinguished fromillegal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective containing or characterized by error
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Ministry of Information accused Nasha Niva of publishing what it called an erroneous report about authorities failing to evacuate one of the victims of Monday's attacks for several hours.
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"This is not a commercial activity," Mr. Della Valle insisted at a Rome press conference, rejecting what he called erroneous reports that Tod's would benefit commercially from exclusive use of the Colosseum image for his company's merchandise.
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"This is not a commercial activity," Mr. Della Valle insisted at a Rome press conference, rejecting what he called erroneous reports that Tod's would benefit commercially from exclusive use of the Colosseum image for his company's merchandise.
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Chavez suggested state television should broadcast a series of programs focusing on the strength of the economy as a way to debunk what he called erroneous predictions from analysts of more economic problems on the horizon.
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His broader mission amounted to try to shoot down what he described as erroneous claims that have risen as the debate in Washington and the nation has developed.
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In tax year 2006, the latest year available, IRS made $10 billion to $12 billion in erroneous EITC payments, according to a study by the Treasury Department's inspector general.
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Those small amounts totaled about $50 million in erroneous data charges.
FCC chair takes on cell phone 'bill shock' and early termination fees Cecilia Kang 2010
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They're just relying on the consumer to make certain erroneous assumptions -- namely, that no one would be scummy enough to exploit cancer for profit.
Pandora Young: The Pink Ribbon Marketing Scam Pandora Young 2010
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Example: MedPAC uses data from cost report forms despite knowing full well that more than 20% of the forms contain erroneous data.
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The U.S. government identified $98 billion in erroneous or fraudulent payments made during the 2009 fiscal year, up from $72 billion the previous year, White House budget chief Peter Orszag said yesterday.
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