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# erroneous

«erroneous» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **wrong or containing a mistake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (erroneous) (formal)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Erroneous means wrong or containing a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in the stiff exam voice, in reports and news: «an erroneous answer», «erroneous belief». In science, an erroneous result is a measurement that went wrong. Everyday speech would just say «wrong» or «mistaken».

### examples

- Again, I have to add that I have not only endeavored to correct a great many mistakes and erroneous ideas of my predecessors, but I have also endeavored to give more complete annotations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#x1)
- The report contained erroneous information. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#x2)
- His answer was erroneous because he added instead of subtracting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#x3)
- It is an erroneous belief that goldfish forget everything in three seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#x4)
- Cross out any erroneous results in your table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#x5)
- The newspaper corrected its erroneous headline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#x6)
- An erroneous reading can come from a broken thermometer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/#x7)

### note

Formal word; say «wrong» in everyday talk. Pronounced «ih-ROH-nee-us». Related: error. In maths problems, «identify the erroneous step» means find the mistake.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «erroneous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/erroneous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.