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erroneous

adj
/ɪˈɹəʊni.əs/UK/ɛˈɹoʊ.ni.əs/US/ɪˈɹəʉni.əs/

Etymology

From late Middle English erroneous, from Middle French erroneux, from Latin erroneus.

  1. derived from erroneus
  2. derived from erroneux
  3. inherited from erroneous

Definitions

  1. Containing an error

    Containing an error; inaccurate.

    • His answer to the sum was erroneous.
    • An erroneous early Fox News report about the New Orleans terror attack is warping the political dialogue in the aftermath of the deadly rampage.

  2. Derived from an error.

    • His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.

  3. Mistaken.

    • Her choice at the line-up proved to be erroneous, as she had only seen the mugger for an instant.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Wandering

      Wandering; erratic.

    2. Deviating from the requirements of the law, but without a lack of legal authority, thus…

      Deviating from the requirements of the law, but without a lack of legal authority, thus not illegal.

      • If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously.

The neighborhood

Derived

erroneity, erroneously, erroneousness, nonerroneous, unerroneous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at erroneous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01erroneous02inaccurate03mistaken04mistake05misunderstand06incorrectly07incorrect

A definitional loop anchored at erroneous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at erroneous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA