erroneous

[uh-roh-nee-uhs, e-roh-]

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adjective

containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong: an erroneous answer.

straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc.

Origin of erroneous

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin errōneus straying, equivalent to errōn- (stem of errō) wanderer (derivative of err-; see err) + -eus -eous

Related formser·ro·ne·ous·ly, adverber·ro·ne·ous·ness, nounnon·er·ro·ne·ous, adjectivenon·er·ro·ne·ous·ly, adverbnon·er·ro·ne·ous·ness, noun

Synonyms for erroneous

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1. inaccurate, untrue, false.

Antonyms for erroneous

1. accurate.

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Related Words for erroneousness

falsehood, falseness, misinterpretation, falsity, incorrectness, misunderstanding, untruth, error, inaccuracy, misconception

Examples from the Web for erroneousness

Historical Examples of erroneousness

I give no opinion as to the accuracy or erroneousness of this view.
A Handbook of the English Language
Robert 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 I
Karl 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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6
Various
But in 1884 the erroneousness of the belief had not been made clear by recent experience.
Readings in Money and Banking
Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for erroneousness

erroneous

adjective

based on or containing error; mistaken; incorrect

Derived Formserroneously, adverberroneousness, noun

Word Origin for erroneous

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.