erring
adjective
[ ˈəːrɪŋ ]
• having failed to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; having done wrong.
• "the strictest possible action should be taken against the erring officials"
Similar:
offending,
guilty,
culpable,
misbehaving,
delinquent,
lawless,
lawbreaking,
criminal,
transgressing,
aberrant,
deviant,
errant,
sinning,
err
verb
• be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.
• "the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible"
Similar:
make a mistake,
be wrong,
be in error,
be mistaken,
mistake,
make a blunder,
blunder,
be incorrect,
be inaccurate,
misjudge,
miscalculate,
get things/something/it wrong,
bark up the wrong tree,
get the wrong end of the stick,
be wide of the mark,
slip up,
screw up,
blow it,
foul up,
goof,
fluff something,
make a hash of something,
put one's foot in it,
make a boo-boo,
drop a brick,
boob,
make a bloomer,
bugger something up,
Opposite:
be right,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘wander, go astray’): from Old French errer, from Latin errare ‘to stray’.
