erroneous

adjective

i-ˈrō-nē-əs How to pronounce erroneous (audio)
Definition of erroneousnext
as in inaccurate
not being in agreement with what is true a poorly researched news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information

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Recent Examples of erroneous The jury found that on Aug. 19, after Stanford revoked her access, Mangi logged into the study database and replaced patient medical data with erroneous information and insults about her former supervisor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025 The insinuation by some that this infrastructure bond issuance would somehow be used to pay for pension payments at Chicago Public Schools is outright erroneous. — Pat Dowell, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025 According to the Financial Times, the erroneous internal transfer occurred in April 2024 and was missed by a payments employee and a second official assigned to check the transaction before it was cleared to be processed at the start of business the next day. — Erin Clack, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025 Our inquiry to the hospital was due to an erroneous order of a separate inpatient stay request. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for erroneous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erroneous
  1. inaccurate
  2. incorrect
  3. wrong
  4. false
Adjective
  • Though Google made fixes to address some of the most absurd answers, AI Overview still occasionally presents inaccurate information.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Improper payments happen when the agency either overpays or underpays benefits due to inaccurate information.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of inaccurate
Adjective
  • In housing, there are numerous examples of how incorrect data has led to adverse decisions affecting people’s lives.
    — State Sen. James Maroney, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
  • But parents and activists say the numbers are incorrect since the campus consists of newer buildings, constructed decades after the school opened, and older buildings from 1957 that are used for storage, not instruction.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of incorrect
Adjective
  • Agency leaders must also be mindful of compliance—misleading ads not only attract the wrong people but also risk legal trouble.
    — Arnold Sotelo, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Notoriously indifferent to anyone on the wrong side of the 25-54 demo, advertisers eat this stuff up with a spork.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of wrong
Adjective
  • To illustrate, in the United Kingdom vaccinations took a considerable dip in the early 2000s after Wakefield’ false claims of a link between the MMR shot and autism were posted in the media.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • In those documents, West discussed not only how to conduct experiments to implant false memories, instill specific mental disorders, and induce trance states, but also how to hide them.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of false

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