What does ERRONEOUS mean?
Definitions for ERRONEOUS
əˈroʊ ni əs, ɛˈroʊ-er·ro·neous
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ERRONEOUS.
Princeton's WordNet
erroneousadjective
containing or characterized by error
"erroneous conclusions"
Wiktionary
erroneousadjective
Containing an error; inaccurate.
erroneousadjective
Derived from an error.
erroneousadjective
Mistaken.
erroneousadjective
signifies a deviation from the requirements of the law, but does not connote a lack of legal authority, and is thus distinguished from illegal.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Erroneousadjective
Etymology: from erro, Latin.
They roam
Erroneous and disconsolate, themselves
Accusing, and their chiefs improvident
Of military chance. Phillips.This circle, by being placed here, stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Isaac Newton, Opt.
Unblam’d abundance crown’d the royal board,
What time this done rever’d her prudent lord;
Who now, so heav’n decrees, is doom’d to mourn,
Bitter constraint! erroneous and forlorn. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. i.If the vessels, instead of breaking, yield, it subjects the person to all the inconveniencies of erroneous circulation; that is, when the blood strays into the vessels destined to carry serum or lymph. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
Thou art far from destroying the innocent with the guilty, and the erroneous with the malicious. Charles I .
There is the erroneous as well as the rightly informed conscience. Robert South, Sermons.
Their whole counsel is in this point utterly condemned, as having either proceeded from the blindness of those times, or from negligence, or from desire of honour and glory, or from an erroneous opinion that such things might be for a while. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 14.
A wonderful erroneous observation that walketh about, is commonly received, contrary to all the true account of time and experience. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.
The phænomena of light have been hitherto explained by supposing that they arise from new modifications of the rays, which is an erroneous supposition. Isaac Newton, Opt.
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erroneous
Erroneous refers to something that contains errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies. It can be used to describe a statement, belief, action or concept that is incorrect, false, or misleading.
Webster Dictionary
Erroneousadjective
wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural
Erroneousadjective
misleading; misled; mistaking
Erroneousadjective
containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc
Etymology: [L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See Err.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ERRONEOUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ERRONEOUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of ERRONEOUS in a Sentence
And because of the erroneous maps, they're requiring these homeowners to purchase very, very expensive flood insurance and this is absolutely absurd. These are not flood-prone properties. They're high and dry and safe and secure.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous -- on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. It is failure that makes people bitter and cruel.
Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one of Mind's faculties. Error is the contradiction of Truth. Error is a belief without understanding. Error is unreal because untrue. It is that which stemma to be and is not. If error were true, its truth would be error, and we should have a self-evident absurdity --namely, erroneous truth. Thus we should continue to lose the standard of Truth.
We are encouraged by recent actions taken by The IRS to suspend more automated notices and pleased to know that The IRS is listening and acting. Taxpayers, practitioners and The IRS will benefit from reducing unnecessary contact, such as erroneous notices or warnings of levy, and provide much-needed relief during an already stressful and overwhelming tax season.
The comments which have come up in media recently induce speculation and gossip, leading to erroneous conclusions regarding the Polish helicopter tenders, the only true information is that talks with the Economy Ministry continue and that we are ready to support our Polish partners.
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