Erroneous Definition & Meaning

Examples of erroneous in a Sentence

When you're done, the programs scour your return for potential problems and erroneous data and let you correct them. Then, poof! Either print out your 1040 and related documents or follow the software prompts to file electronically. — Kathy Yakal, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 1999 Here we come face-to-face with the uncompromising rules of golf as Mr. Dobereiner recounts how Roberto de Vincenzo lost the 1968 Masters Tournament by a single stroke because he signed an erroneous scorecard. — Robert R. Harris, New York Times Book Review, 21 Oct. 1984 To say truth, nothing is more erroneous than the common observation, that men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when they are drunk, are very worthy persons when they are sober: for drink, in reality, doth not reverse nature, or create passions in men which did not exist in them before. — Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 1749 a news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information

Recent Examples on the Web At Thompson’s trial, Gair had sought to pin the blame on the bank and its former president, John Gembara, saying Thompson had nothing to do with generating the erroneous tax forms that wound up on his returns. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022 Two months after that report, the Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication alerting patients and clinicians that the devices could be erroneous in those with dark skin. — Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT, 3 June 2022 Marsh called the penalty erroneous and alleged that referee Tony Corrente inappropriately bumped into him as Marsh made his way to the Bears’ sideline after the play. — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2021 The attack came a day after the Israeli military had fed vague — and in some cases erroneous — information to the media about a possible ground incursion into Gaza. — Josef Federman, ajc, 15 May 2021 An appeals court agreed the jury instruction was erroneous but concluded that the error was harmless and upheld the conviction. — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022 Iraq was Israel’s problem, yet Israeli intelligence, like virtually all other foreign intelligence bureaus, fed the U.S. intelligence community with erroneous information that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ready to use them. — James Nalton, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Who cares if Apply Magic Sauce comes to comically erroneous conclusions? — Frank Luerweg, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2019 Nobody has asserted the financial disorder amounts to any crimes, but erroneous information on company ledgers can generally lead to problems with creditors, regulators, the league and others. — New York Times, 13 May 2022 See More

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