erroneous

erroneous
erroneously, adv.erroneousness, n.
/euh roh"nee euhs, e roh"-/, adj.
1. containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong: an erroneous answer.
2. straying from what is moral, decent, proper, etc.
[1350-1400; ME < L erroneus straying, equiv. to erron- (s. of erro) wanderer (deriv. of err-; see ERR) + -eus -EOUS]
Syn. 1. inaccurate, untrue, false.
Ant. 1. accurate.

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