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adjective

Definition of erringnext
as in errant

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erring

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verb

present participle of err
1
as in stumbling
to make a mistake we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance

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2
as in trespassing
to commit an offense when we err, we must be willing to accept the consequences

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erring
  1. errant
  2. trespassing
  3. unscrupulous
  4. wandering
  5. tripping
  6. falling
  7. unprincipled
  8. improper
Adjective
  • The Grizzlies were led by star guard Ja Morant (20 points, five assists), who left the game late in the third after coming up limping and calling for a timeout after an errant alley-oop attempt.
    Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
  • And that was clear to see as he was often errant with his throws, struggling to find his receivers.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of errant
Verb
  • As for the Confederate soldiers, who were supposedly hiding out after stealing Union gold, archeologists believe they were killed by Native Americans for trespassing on sacred ground.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
  • According to the body camera footage and records, the officers responded to a call made by employees of a Circle K store and gas station that another man, who was white, was trespassing.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of trespassing
Adjective
  • The Electoral College has not worked as Dickinson hoped, to protect the people from unscrupulous politicians.
    Jane E. Calvert / Made by History, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Understand that sometimes, unscrupulous companies don't follow the rules.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of unscrupulous
Verb
  • Downtown was where tourists were trapped and calling airlines, rental cars, and soothing panicked relatives, and where people were wandering around, joining little clusters of folks staring at their phones every four to six blocks, with hopes of getting Wi-Fi.
    Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Dazed locals wandering through streets lined with debris.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • Traffic, tripping hazards and hard-to-spot costumes can become hazardous if precautions aren’t taken.
    Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Aside from tech issues, the hardest part is not tripping—Carpenter is constantly running up and down stairs.
    Lucy Feldman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of tripping
Verb
  • Even in a more benign scenario, its researchers also see Israel’s gross domestic product per head — which in recent years overtook the United Kingdom’s — falling this year, as Israel’s population grows faster than the economy and living standards decline.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Signs of destruction are clearly visible throughout its streets – shrapnel holes in facades, damage caused by falling debris, destruction caused by direct hits by rockets.
    Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of falling
Adjective
  • And if an unprincipled president began his tenure by firing senior military officers for partisan political reasons, the military would lose trust in the executive branch and tensions would grow between the two sides.
    Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Cazale excelled, instead, at playing people who are weak, weird, unprincipled, and visibly uncomfortable in their own skins.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
Definition of unprincipled
Adjective
  • The filing also details various legal proceedings, including investigations by the DOJ and SEC related to allegations of improper billing and remuneration.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • However, an investigation by the Associated Press found that the film was based on flawed and improper analysis of cell phone location data.
    Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of improper
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