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er·ro·ne·ous

erroneous

 
 
pronunciation:
ih ro ni s
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part of speech: adjective
definition: containing or based on error; incorrect; mistaken.
The police acted on an erroneous assumption that the killer was a male.To their chagrin, the researchers discovered that their original interpretation of their findings was erroneous.
synonyms:
false, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, off base, untrue, wrong
antonyms:
accurate, correct
similar words:
all wet, fallacious, flawed, spurious, unsound
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derivations: erroneously (adv.), erroneousness (n.)
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