erroneous
[uh-roh-nee-uh s, e-roh-]
- containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong: an erroneous answer.
- straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc.
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Origin of erroneous
Synonyms
See more synonyms for erroneous on Thesaurus.com1. inaccurate, untrue, false.
Antonyms
1. accurate.
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I give no opinion as to the accuracy or erroneousness of this view.
A Handbook of the English LanguageRobert Gordon Latham
The erroneousness of the assertion that the volcanoes of the Island of Java do not emit streams of real lava.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume IKarl Ritter von Scherzer
Thus perished a man in every respect exemplary, except in the erroneousness of his faith.
Historical Parallels, vol 3 (of 3)Arthur Thomas Malkin
Circular maps, however, remained in the popular favour long after their erroneousness had been recognized by the learned.
But in 1884 the erroneousness of the belief had not been made clear by recent experience.
Readings in Money and BankingChester Arthur Phillips
erroneous
- based on or containing error; mistaken; incorrect
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Word Origin
C14: (in the sense: deviating from what is right), from Latin errōneus, from errāre to wander
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Word Origin and History for erroneousness
erroneous
adj.
late 14c., from Old French erroneus and directly from Latin erroneus "vagrant, wandering" (in Late Latin "erroneous"), from erronem (nominative erro) "vagabond," from errare "to wander, err" (see err). Related: Erroneously.
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