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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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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.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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amiss, defective, false, groundless, illogical, improper, irrational, misguided, unfaithful |
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| derivations: |
erroneously (adv.), erroneousness (n.) |
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