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error-prone

error-prone adjective: in the habit of making errors.

Adjective

error-prone (comparative more error-prone, superlative most error-prone)

  1. In the habit of making errors.
    Synonyms:
    fault-prone
    Antonyms:
    infallible
  2. Tending to cause errors.

Synonyms of error-prone

Antonyms

Forms of error-prone

comparativemore error-prone
superlativemost error-prone

Words formed from error-prone

Questions about error-prone

What does error-prone mean?
Error-prone means in the habit of making errors.
What part of speech is error-prone?
Error-prone is an adjective.

Words near error-prone in the dictionary

  1. error out
  2. error theories
  3. error theory
  4. error treatment
  5. error-free
  6. error-prone
  7. error-proneness
  8. error-pronenesses
  9. error/mistake distinction
  10. errorbar
  11. errorbars

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