Erroneous
adjective
Not correct, false or wrong.
The report contained numerous erroneous statements.
Often appears as...
- erroneous assumption
- erroneous conclusion
adjective
Based on mistaken thinking or wrong understanding.
They made decisions based on erroneous assumptions.
Often appears as...
- erroneous belief
- erroneous interpretation
adjective
Containing error or faults.
He was found to have made erroneous claims about his background.
Often appears as...
- erroneous decision
- erroneous impression
adjective
Not correct, false or wrong.
The report contained numerous erroneous statements.
Often appears as...
- erroneous assumption
- erroneous conclusion
adjective
Based on mistaken thinking or wrong understanding.
They made decisions based on erroneous assumptions.
Often appears as...
- erroneous belief
- erroneous interpretation
adjective
Containing error or faults.
He was found to have made erroneous claims about his background.
Often appears as...
- erroneous decision
- erroneous impression
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Factually Unsound
Use 'erroneous' when you want to emphasize that something is not just wrong, but lacks factual correctness.
This article is erroneous and misrepresents the event's timeline.
Pro Tip 2/3Carefully Considered
The word 'erroneous' suggests a careful conclusion has been reached that something is incorrect, not merely an offhand remark.
The judge found the witness's identification to be erroneous.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Error
'Erroneous' is often used when pointing out objective mistakes, rather than subjective opinions.
The math equation's result is erroneous.
Pro Tip 1/3Factually Unsound
Use 'erroneous' when you want to emphasize that something is not just wrong, but lacks factual correctness.
This article is erroneous and misrepresents the event's timeline.
Pro Tip 2/3Carefully Considered
The word 'erroneous' suggests a careful conclusion has been reached that something is incorrect, not merely an offhand remark.
The judge found the witness's identification to be erroneous.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Error
'Erroneous' is often used when pointing out objective mistakes, rather than subjective opinions.
The math equation's result is erroneous.
Pro Tip 1/3Factually Unsound
Use 'erroneous' when you want to emphasize that something is not just wrong, but lacks factual correctness.
This article is erroneous and misrepresents the event's timeline.
Pro Tip 2/3Carefully Considered
The word 'erroneous' suggests a careful conclusion has been reached that something is incorrect, not merely an offhand remark.
The judge found the witness's identification to be erroneous.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Error
'Erroneous' is often used when pointing out objective mistakes, rather than subjective opinions.
The math equation's result is erroneous.
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Gyroscope Melt Down PIPE...
constantly changes direction in speed the hairs don't have time to catch up with the body's movement as a result of this delay they send erroneous information to the brain about the body's position the eyes also help to maintain balance when the I can't anchor itself on a fixed focal point it has no frame of reference the optical nerve
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The dark history of IQ...
There were many problems with this line of thinking, among them the idea that intelligence was not only fixed and inherited, but also linked to a person’s race. Under the influence of eugenics, scientists used the results of the military initiative to make erroneous claims that certain racial groups
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How reliable is your...
Well out there in the real world, misinformation is everywhere. We get misinformation not only if we're questioned in a leading way, but if we talk to other witnesses who might consciously or inadvertently feed us some erroneous information,
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
Ear canals are warm and dark, the perfect home for a creepy-crawly like this one. The important thing to remember is that even if an earwig found its way into your ear, it would never eat through your eardrum. Despite the erroneous origins
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Meet the tardigrade, the...
Beyond dryness, tardigrades can also tolerate other extreme being frozen, heated up past the boiling point of water, high levels of radiation, and even the vacuum of outer space. This has led to some erroneous speculation
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Billy Collins: Everyday...
But I like to pretend that it comes with ease. One of my students came up after class, an introductory class, and she said, "You know, poetry is harder than writing," which I found both erroneous and profound.
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The gender-fluid history...
are social constructs. In my people's case, this social construct is an imposition. It was hammered into their heads over hundreds of years until they were convinced that their way of thinking was erroneous.
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The dangers of...
erroneous statements were made that's 96 percent in 96 percent of the cases the forensic evidence was misinterpreted and we've seen a similar issue for other friends like evidence types and our
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This Platypus Can Glow...
sub-saharan african bird yeah quite splendid actually a whole bunch of different species some of them with magnificent punky quits like shallows yeah erroneous actually
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The search for our solar...
to predict the existence of some new planet in the solar system. They have always been wrong. The most famous of these erroneous predictions came from Percival Lowell,
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Gyroscope Melt Down PIPE...
constantly changes direction in speed the hairs don't have time to catch up with the body's movement as a result of this delay they send erroneous information to the brain about the body's position the eyes also help to maintain balance when the I can't anchor itself on a fixed focal point it has no frame of reference the optical nerve
Video examples
The dark history of IQ...
There were many problems with this line of thinking, among them the idea that intelligence was not only fixed and inherited, but also linked to a person’s race. Under the influence of eugenics, scientists used the results of the military initiative to make erroneous claims that certain racial groups
Video examples
How reliable is your...
Well out there in the real world, misinformation is everywhere. We get misinformation not only if we're questioned in a leading way, but if we talk to other witnesses who might consciously or inadvertently feed us some erroneous information,
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
Ear canals are warm and dark, the perfect home for a creepy-crawly like this one. The important thing to remember is that even if an earwig found its way into your ear, it would never eat through your eardrum. Despite the erroneous origins
Video examples
Meet the tardigrade, the...
Beyond dryness, tardigrades can also tolerate other extreme being frozen, heated up past the boiling point of water, high levels of radiation, and even the vacuum of outer space. This has led to some erroneous speculation
Video examples
Billy Collins: Everyday...
But I like to pretend that it comes with ease. One of my students came up after class, an introductory class, and she said, "You know, poetry is harder than writing," which I found both erroneous and profound.
Video examples
The gender-fluid history...
are social constructs. In my people's case, this social construct is an imposition. It was hammered into their heads over hundreds of years until they were convinced that their way of thinking was erroneous.
Video examples
The dangers of...
erroneous statements were made that's 96 percent in 96 percent of the cases the forensic evidence was misinterpreted and we've seen a similar issue for other friends like evidence types and our
Video examples
This Platypus Can Glow...
sub-saharan african bird yeah quite splendid actually a whole bunch of different species some of them with magnificent punky quits like shallows yeah erroneous actually
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The search for our solar...
to predict the existence of some new planet in the solar system. They have always been wrong. The most famous of these erroneous predictions came from Percival Lowell,
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Alanis Morissette
Canadian Musician
I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound connection, it's not going to heal your childhood traumas, it's only going to amplify them. You're going to be subject to a lot of criticism and praise, both of which are violent in their own ways.
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Paul Zane Pilzer
American Economist
The erroneous economic belief in scarcity leads directly to the mistaken theological belief that God does not want us to be rich. After all, in a world of scarce physical resources, a person could achieve personal wealth only by taking wealth from another - something that a truly benevolent, loving God would never allow.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
In high school, you at least have to get up at a reasonable hour and show up at places on time. College, on the other hand, gave me the sense that I could complete major assignments at 2 A.M. without suffering any repercussions, along with the erroneous idea that in real life, things started after one in the afternoon.
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H. R. McMaster
American Public Servant
What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.
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David Milch
American Producer
I had the erroneous conviction that all of history tended toward my birth and would diminish into chaos or inconsequence after I was gone. When you realize that's not so, the proper humility is to defer.
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W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
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.
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Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
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Alanis Morissette
Canadian Musician
I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound connection, it's not going to heal your childhood traumas, it's only going to amplify them. You're going to be subject to a lot of criticism and praise, both of which are violent in their own ways.
Quote examples
Paul Zane Pilzer
American Economist
The erroneous economic belief in scarcity leads directly to the mistaken theological belief that God does not want us to be rich. After all, in a world of scarce physical resources, a person could achieve personal wealth only by taking wealth from another - something that a truly benevolent, loving God would never allow.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
In high school, you at least have to get up at a reasonable hour and show up at places on time. College, on the other hand, gave me the sense that I could complete major assignments at 2 A.M. without suffering any repercussions, along with the erroneous idea that in real life, things started after one in the afternoon.
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H. R. McMaster
American Public Servant
What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.
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David Milch
American Producer
I had the erroneous conviction that all of history tended toward my birth and would diminish into chaos or inconsequence after I was gone. When you realize that's not so, the proper humility is to defer.
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W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
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.
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Ulrich Beck
German Sociologist
The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
Example 1 of 10
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