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Webster 1913 Edition
Erroneous
1.
Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; – hence, irregular; unnatural.
[Obs.]
“Erroneous circulation.” Arbuthnot.
Stopped much of the
erroneous
light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman.
2.
Misleading; misled; mistaking.
[Obs.]
An
erroneous
conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. Jer. Taylor.
3.
Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken;
– as, an
erroneous
doctrine; erroneous
opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. Er-ro′ne-ous-ly
, adv.
Er-ro′ne-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Erroneous
ERRO'NEOUS
,Adj.
1.
Wandering; roving; unsettled.They roam
Erroneous and disconsolate.
2.
Deviating; devious; irregular; wandering from the right course.Erroneous circulation of blood.
[The foregoing applications of the word are less common.]
3.
Mistaking; misled; deviating, by mistake, from the truth. Destroy not the erroneous with the malicious.4.
Wrong; false; mistaken; not conformable to truth; erring from truth or justice; as an erroneous opinion or judgment.Definition 2024
erroneous
erroneous
English
Adjective
erroneous (comparative more erroneous, superlative most erroneous)
- Containing an error; inaccurate.
- His answer to the sum was erroneous.
- Derived from an error.
- His conclusion was erroneous as it was based on a false assumption.
- Mistaken.
- His choice at the line-up was erroneous as he had only seen the mugger for an instant.
- (law) signifies a deviation from the requirements of the law, but does not connote a lack of legal authority, and is thus distinguished from illegal.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "erroneous" is often applied: impression, assumption, belief, conclusion, statement, idea, data, view, opinion, judgment, notion, decision, interpretation, diagnosis, conception, theory, reading, instruction, ruling, assessment, doctrine, advice, value, application, thinking, perception, principle, concept, action, description, record, determination, teaching, inference, premise, conviction, reasoning, argument, exclusion, calculation, inclusion, treatment, deductions, analysis.
Synonyms
- (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):
Derived terms
Translations
containing an error; inaccurate