Definition of Erroneous

1. Adjective. Containing or characterized by error. "Erroneous conclusions"

Similar to: Incorrect, Wrong
Derivative terms: Erroneousness

Definition of Erroneous

1. a. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.

Definition of Erroneous

1. Adjective. Containing an error; inaccurate. ¹

2. Adjective. Derived from an error. ¹

3. Adjective. Mistaken. ¹

4. Adjective. (legal) signifies a deviation from the requirements of the law, but does not connote a lack of legal authority, and is thus distinguished from illegal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erroneous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Erroneous

1. 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; hence, irregular; unnatural. "Erroneous circulation." "Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision." (Sir I. Newman) 2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. "An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit." (Jer. Taylor) 3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. Erro"neously, Erro"neousness. Origin: L. Erroneus, fr. Errare to err. See Err. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erroneous

erratick
erraticness
erratics
erration
errations
erratique
erratum
erraunt
erred
erreminise
errhine
errhines
erring
erringly
errings
erroneous
erroneous belief
erroneous projection
erroneously
erroneousness
erroneousnesses
error
error-prone
error-prone repair
error-ridden
error/mistake distinction
error bar
error catastrophe
error correction code
error function

Literary usage of Erroneous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Rape <S=>59(3)—Instruction as to corrobo- ration not erroneous for want of elaboration. The court instructed the jury: "Before you would be authorized to ..."

2. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin (1885)
"I now proceed to a definition of status which, in my opinion, is not less erroneous than any of the various definitions that I examined in my last lecture. ..."

3. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1918)
"be upheld if the trial court gave the jury an erroneous charge upon any one of the issues.8 52. Refusal of New Trial notwithstanding Improper Instructions. ..."

4. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"Same: Void, Irregular, and Erroneous Process. (a) Void process is (1) process obtained from a court having no jurisdiction of the kind of cause in question ..."

5. Publications (1848)
"Now the last distinction is this: "Persecution for conscience is either for a rightly informed conscience, or a blind and erroneous conscience." Truth. ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Receivers as Applicable to Individuals by William Atkinson Alderson (1905)
"... Erroneous— The effect of an irregular or erroneous appointment of a receiver in respect of his title and possession has already been considered.21 But ..."

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