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erroneous adjective [ ɪˈrəʊnɪəs ]

• wrong; incorrect.
• "employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions"
Similar: wrong, incorrect, mistaken, in error, inaccurate, not accurate, inexact, not exact, imprecise, invalid, untrue, false, fallacious, wide of the mark, off target, misleading, illogical, unsound, specious, unfounded, without foundation, faulty, flawed, spurious, off beam, bogus, phoney, out, way out, full of holes, dicey, iffy, dodgy, abroad,
Opposite: right, correct,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin erroneus (from erro(n- ) ‘vagabond’, from errare ‘to stray, err’) + -ous.


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