erroneous

«erroneous» in Mova's school dictionary: wrong or containing a mistake — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (erroneous) (formal)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) Erroneous means wrong or containing a mistake. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in the stiff exam voice, in reports and news: «an erroneous answer», «erroneous belief». In science, an erroneous result is a measurement that went wrong. Everyday speech would just say «wrong» or «mistaken».

examples

• The report contained erroneous information. tree →
• His answer was erroneous because he added instead of subtracting. tree →
• It is an erroneous belief that goldfish forget everything in three seconds. tree →
• Cross out any erroneous results in your table. tree →
• The newspaper corrected its erroneous headline. tree →
• An erroneous reading can come from a broken thermometer. tree →

note

Formal word; say «wrong» in everyday talk. Pronounced «ih-ROH-nee-us». Related: error. In maths problems, «identify the erroneous step» means find the mistake.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «erroneous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.