Definitions for erroneousness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

er•ro•ne•ousəˈroʊ ni əs, ɛˈroʊ-(adj.)

  1. containing error; mistaken; incorrect.

  2. straying from what is right or proper.

Origin of erroneous:

1350–1400; ME < L errōneus straying <errōn-, s. of errō wanderer (der. of errāre to wander, err )

er•ro′ne•ous•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. erroneousness, error(noun)

    inadvertent incorrectness

Wiktionary

  1. erroneousness(Noun)

    The state of being in error; the quality of being erroneous.


Translations for erroneousness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

erroneousness(noun)

(not used of a person) wrong; incorrect

an erroneous statement.

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