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Princeton's WordNet

  1. erring, error-proneadjective

    capable of making an error

    "all men are error-prone"

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  1. erring

    Erring refers to making an error, mistake, or deviation from what is morally correct, good, or accurate. It implies doing something wrong or making a poor decision, often due to lack of judgment or knowledge.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Erring

    of Err

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  1. rering

  2. ringer

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of erring in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of erring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of erring in a Sentence

  1. Emily Henke:

    It was a little bit jumpy...for things that maybe the average driver would just drive over it and not really be concerned about, he (the pilot) said it was erring on the side of caution which made a lot of sense.

  2. Danielle Severn:

    It was like an ocean out there. I'm surprised I survived it. We didn't make it all the way around the parade, because it was just too much, the boats were mainly just teeter-tot-erring. A lot of them took on water by the nose. After that it was over, especially for the smaller boats.

  3. Connor Campbell:

    Markets seem to be erring on the side of taking positive views rather than negative, investors pretty much seem focussed on optimism around post-COVID recovery.

  4. Bill Frischling:

    Even with the benefit of the doubt -- erring always on the side of' is this possibly correct' such as judgement and judgment -- eight of the top 10 [ biggest misspellers ] are either President Donald Trump family members, current or former White House officials, or the President Donald Trump corporation itself.

  5. EducationBusiness:

    Most private schools across India have not paid salaries to their teachers in the last few months in spite of fact that these were giving peanuts remuneration to their teaching faculty and charging exorbitant fees from the students before lockdown. What punitive action has been taken against such inhumane management and erring institutions ?

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