adjective
Other Word Forms
- erroneously adverb
- erroneousness noun
- nonerroneous adjective
- nonerroneousness noun
Etymology
Origin of erroneous
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin errōneus “straying,” equivalent to errōn- (stem of errō ) “wanderer” (derivative of err-; err ) + -eus adjective suffix ( -eous )
Example Sentences
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A spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that the election changes nothing and that Beijing is still seeking a retraction from Takaichi of what it describes as her “erroneous “remarks over Taiwan.
The presenter expressed little concern that the regulatory documents produced by AI could contain so-called hallucinations — erroneous text that is frequently generated by large language models such as Gemini — according to three people present.
From Salon
At appearances on 1 December and 6 January, Guildford told the Home Affairs Select Committee the force "do not use AI", rather that it was a Google search that provided the erroneous information.
From BBC
During January’s fires, emergency alert failures killed trust: Altadena residents received evacuation orders five hours late, and 10 million got erroneous alerts countywide.
From Los Angeles Times
No longer the generator of cheesy poems or erroneous arguments, AI can draft quality movie scripts rivaling Hollywood’s greatest writers.
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