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erroneous

/ɪˈɹəʊni.əs/US/ɛˈɹoʊ.ni.əs/

erroneous adjective: containing an error; inaccurate.

Adjective

erroneous (comparative more erroneous, superlative most erroneous)

  1. Containing an error; inaccurate.
    • His answer to the sum was erroneous.
    • An erroneous early Fox News report about the New Orleans terror attack is warping the political dialogue in the aftermath of the deadly rampage.2025 January 2, Brian Stelter, “Trump falsely links New Orleans terror attack to migrants after erroneous Fox News report”, in CNN
  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.
    Synonyms:
    mistaken, wrong
  4. (obsolete) Wandering; erratic.
  5. 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.

erroneous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

erroneous in Hindi

containing an error; inaccurate
अशुद्ध aśuddh, त्रुटिपूर्ण truṭipūrṇ

erroneous in Tamil

சரியில்லாத, தவறான, பிழைபட்ட, பிழைப்பட்ட

erroneous in Marathi

erroneous, wrong, improper
गैर gair

erroneous in Urdu

erroneous
غلط ġalat
More languagesFewer languages
erroneous in Bengali
ভুল, ভ্রান্ত, সত্য নয় এমন
erroneous in Telugu
తప్పు tappu
erroneous in Malayalam
തെറ്റായ, അബദ്ധമായ, അബദ്ധജടിലമായ, പിഴച്ച
erroneous in Kannada
ತಪ್ಪಾದ, ತಪ್ಪಿದ
erroneous in Gujarati
ભૂલભરેલું, ભૂલભરેલી

Examples of erroneous in a sentence

  • He was given the wrong treatment due to an erroneous diagnosis.
  • The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.
  • When people wrote her name down, it turned into all sorts of erroneous spellings.

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Synonyms of erroneous

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of erroneous

Forms of erroneous

comparativemore erroneous
superlativemost erroneous

Origin of erroneous

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

Words formed from erroneous

Questions about erroneous

What does erroneous mean?
Erroneous means containing an error; inaccurate.
What is erroneous in Hindi?
Erroneous in Hindi is अशुद्ध (aśuddh), त्रुटिपूर्ण (truṭipūrṇ). See Erroneous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is erroneous?
Erroneous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce erroneous?
Erroneous is pronounced /ɪˈɹəʊni.əs/ (UK).

Words near erroneous in the dictionary

  1. Erromangan
  2. Erromangans
  3. Erromango
  4. Erromintxela
  5. erroneity
  6. erroneous
  7. erroneously
  8. erroneousness
  9. erroneousnesses
  10. error
  11. error bar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: erroneous (page history and authors); erroneous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गैर (Marathi) (page history and authors); غلط (Urdu) (page history and authors); erroneous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తప్పు (Telugu) (page history and authors); erroneous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); erroneous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erroneous (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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