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
  • But to say that each team’s problems are entirely talent-and-bad-luck issues would be inaccurate in our view.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Implementing controls to reign in its AI agents’ behavior that can initiate incorrect orders, offer bad advice or generate inaccurate research.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of inaccurate
Adjective
  • Hallucinations, on the other hand, occur when an AI system is asked to provide factual information or perform specific tasks but instead generates incorrect or misleading content while presenting it as accurate.
    — Anna Choi, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
  • And then there is Derek McDaniel, whose incorrect assembling of his nomination packet for 2023 city council race resulted in a circuit court judge bouncing him from the ballot, and whose campaign yard sign size and placement have been questioned in this race.
    — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of incorrect
Adjective
  • The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Bias is a problem because AI learns from past data, and if that data has mistakes or unfair patterns, AI can repeat them, leading to wrong or unfair decisions.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of wrong
Adjective
  • As part of the scheme, prosecutors said Bock and Said submitted false documentation to the Minnesota Department of Education, including fraudulent meal counts and fake attendance rosters.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The pivotal addition to the the state Civil Code reads: Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of false

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