erroneous
Speech parts
1. erroneous - Adjective
2. erroneous - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.
Misleading; misled; mistaking.
Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc.
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Examples
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.
Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions.
A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.
There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.