erroneous
/ɛˈɹoʊ.ni.əs/ adjective C1- Containing an error; inaccurate. · His answer to the sum was erroneous.
- Derived from an error. · His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.
- Mistaken. · Her choice at the line-up proved to be erroneous, as she had only seen the mugger for an instant.
- Deviating from the requirements of the law, but without a lack of legal authority, thus not illegal. · If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously.
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“I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.
“My dear Albert,” replied Franz, “I am glad of this opportunity to tell you, once and forever, that you entertain a most erroneous notion concerning Italian women.
“At last, when you had all formed your inevitable and totally erroneous conclusions, you departed for the hotel, and I was left alone.
“I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous.
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