errorous
errorous adjective: synonym of erroneous.
Adjective
errorous (comparative more errorous, superlative most errorous)
- Synonym of erroneous.
- He is preoccupied perhaps with other matters. If so the act exhibits aberration, an unaccountable deviation from uniform law or procedure. The act is errorous, the thought, opinion, conclusion is erroneous, errorful in so far as it is recognized by the critic as falling short of the standard...[1914, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 514
- Even to this day, tradition in Cornwall states that sailors, and soldiers from the Armanda wrecks survived in some numbers, that they swam ashore, settled down in the west country and married English women leaving behind a recognisable strain of dark skinned descendants, which still survive to this...1972, William Hobart Sebastian, The Chronicle of a Southern Family, page 10
- Synonyms:
- erroneous
Examples of errorous in a sentence
- The act is errorous, the thought, opinion, conclusion is erroneous, errorful in so far as it is recognized by the critic as falling short of the standard employed.[1914, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 514:
- An inactive front segment was used to prevent the collapse of the resistive film on the front surface of the first active segment of the electrode which would lead to errorous results.1980, Electrochemical Society, Extended Abstracts, page 253:
- This calibrates the oscilloscope and errorous measurements will occur if it is changed during the analysis of the square wave.1983, Kenneth W. Johnson, Willard C. Walker, John D. Cutnell, Laboratory Manual: the Science of Hi-fidelity, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 49:
- He knows - at least qualitatively - the function of the components, and their behaviour in correct and errorous states.1990, International Federation of Automatic Control, Proceedings of the Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of...
Synonyms of errorous
Forms of errorous
| comparative | more errorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most errorous |
Origin of errorous
From error + -ous.
Questions about errorous
- What does errorous mean?
- Errorous means synonym of erroneous.
- How do you use errorous in a sentence?
- The act is errorous, the thought, opinion, conclusion is erroneous, errorful in so far as it is recognized by the critic as falling short of the standard employed.
- What part of speech is errorous?
- Errorous is an adjective.
Words near errorous in the dictionary
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