erroneous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹəʊ.nɪ.əs/, /ɛɹˈəʊ.nɪ.əs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛɹˈoʊ.ni.əs/, /ɪˈɹoʊ.ni.əs/

Adjective

erroneous (comparative more erroneous, superlative most erroneous)

1. Containing an error; inaccurate.

   His answer to the sum was erroneous.

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. (obsolete) Wandering; erratic.
5. (law) 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.

Synonyms

• errorful
• (containing an error): inaccurate, incorrect, wrong
• (derived from an error): fallacious, false, faulty, flawed
• (mistaken): mistaken, wrong
• (legal: deviating from the requirements of the law):

Antonyms

• errorless

Derived terms

• erroneously
• erroneousness

Collocations

with nouns

• erroneous impression
• erroneous assumption
• erroneous belief
• erroneous conclusion
• erroneous statemtnt
• erroneous idea
• erroneous data
• erroneous view
• erroneous opinion
• erroneous judgment
• erroneous notion
• erroneous decision
• erroneous interpretation
• erroneous diagnosis
• erroneous conception
• erroneous theory
• erroneous reading
• erroneous instruction
• erroneous ruling
• erroneous assessment
• erroneous doctrine
• erroneous advice
• erroneous value
• erroneous application
• erroneous thinking
• erroneous perception
• erroneous principle
• erroneous concept
• erroneous action
• erroneous description
• erroneous record
• erroneous determination
• erroneous teaching
• erroneous inference
• erroneous premise
• erroneous conviction
• erroneous reasoning
• erroneous argument
• erroneous exclusion
• erroneous calculation
• erroneous inclusion
• erroneous treatment
• erroneous deductions
• erroneous analysis

Translations

containing an error; inaccurate

• Bulgarian: грешен (bg) (grešen), неправилен (bg) (nepravilen)
• Catalan: erroni
• Czech: chybný (cs)
• Danish: fejlagtig
• Esperanto: erara (eo)
• French: erroné (fr)
• Georgian: მცდარი (mcdari), არასწორი (arasc̣ori)
• German: unrichtig (de), fehlerhaft (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐍃 (airzeis)
• Greek: λανθασμένος (el) (lanthasménos), εσφαλμένος (el) (esfalménos)

  Ancient Greek: ἁμαρτωλός m or f (hamartōlós)

• Hungarian: téves (hu)
• Italian: erroneo (it)
• Latin: erroneus, falsus
• Latvian: nepareizs, kļūdains
• Lithuanian: klaidingas (lt) m
• Maori: pākirakira, kēā
• Norwegian: feilaktig
• Polish: błędny (pl)
• Portuguese: erróneo (pt) (Portugal), errôneo (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: ло́жный (ru) (lóžnyj), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj), непра́вильный (ru) (neprávilʹnyj), оши́бочный (ru) (ošíbočnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀грешан

  Roman: pògrešan (sh)

• Spanish: erróneo (es), falso (es), errado (es), inexacto
• Swedish: felaktig (sv)
• Turkish: hatalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: помилковий (pomylkovyj)

See also

• errant
• erratic
• fallacious