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er·ro·ne·ous
 erroneous
- pronunciation:
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adjective |
| definition: |
containing or based on error; incorrect; mistaken.
The police acted on an erroneous assumption that the killer was a male.The scientists made an erroneous interpretation of their findings.- synonyms:
- false, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, off base, untrue, wrong
- antonyms:
- accurate, correct
- similar words:
- all wet, fallacious, flawed, spurious, unsound
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| related words: |
amiss, defective, false, groundless, illogical, improper, irrational, misguided, unfaithful |
| derivations: |
erroneously (adv.), erroneousness (n.) |
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