erroneous Definition
er·ro·neous (e rō′nē əs, ə-)
adjective
containing or based on error; mistaken; wrong
Etymology: ME < L erroneus, wandering about < errare: see err
erroneous Related Forms
er·ro′·neous·ly adverb
erroneous Synonyms
erroneous Usage Examples
Preposition: in
law: The SSC decided that the DAT's decision of 20 January 1994 had been erroneous in law.
Infinitive complement
- specify: It is erroneous to specify a size not supported by the compiler. [ ] Rationale.
- think: It is natural but erroneous to think of files being " in " directories.
- suppose: On the other hand, it would be erroneous to suppose that this inhumanity was characteristic of the Carmarthenshire gentry.
- say: This shows that MENJ's claim that the Quran rejects these accounts as " fictions " is simply erroneous to say the least.
Modifies a noun
- assumption: The mistake was based on the erroneous assumption that the earth was flat.
- impression: Any essay on the nature of Usenet cannot ignore the erroneous impressions held by many Usenet users.
- assertion: Yet neither Bravo nor Osama has supplied us with any proof for their erroneous assertion.
- belief: Police officer not acting in course of duty where held person in erroneous belief that person had been arrested.
- conception: It may be said that in this erroneous conception lies the original sin of Menshevism, the theoretical ground for its entire future downfall.
- conclusion: James is also quick to draw erroneous conclusions from my statement about how a poll could be held.
Modifying Another Word
- wholly: However, on further examination, the claim can be seen to be wholly erroneous.
- entirely: This method of procedure, however, is not entirely erroneous.
- totally: What one person or even a vet says about a breed may be totally erroneous.
- completely: What the Member opposite should explain is why he is still using these completely erroneous figures.
- possibly: Hence my possibly erroneous opinion that more exposure would be good.
- equally: In our view, both these positions are equally erroneous.
Used with adjective complement
- prove: Cosmic Conspiracies are open to ideas until they are proven erroneous.
- consider: It is the United States ' decision to withdraw from the ABM Treaty of 1972, which Russia considers erroneous.
- regard: Sangharakshita is a well-known critic of what he regards as erroneous, or misplaced beliefs and practices.
Browse dictionary entries near erroneous
- ‹ Errol
- ‹ erring
- ‹ erratum
- ‹ erratically
- ‹ erratic
- ‹ errata
- ‹ errantry
- ‹ errant
- ‹ errand runner
- ‹ errand

