Word of the Day

Sunday, September 26, 1999

erroneous

\i-ROH-nee-us\ , adjective;

Containing or characterized by error; as, "erroneous conclusions."

Quotes:

History shows that even the greatest minds can construct theories that work but that have one minor flaw--they are completely erroneous.

-- Brian L. Silver, The Ascent of Science

Each year the prediction industry showers us with $200 billion in (mostly erroneous) information.

-- William A. Sherden, The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions

History shows that even the greatest minds can construct theories that work but that have one minor flaw--they are completely erroneous.

-- "Have Laptop, Will Track Each Blip in the Market", New York Times, September 6, 1998

Origin:

Erroneous is from Latin erroneus, from erro, erronis, a wanderer, a vagabond, from erro, errare, to wander, to err.