Word of the Day Archive
Sunday September 26, 1999
erroneous \i-ROH-nee-us\ , adjective:
Containing or characterized by error; as, "erroneous conclusions."
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
Erroneous is from Latin erroneus, from erro, erronis, a wanderer, a vagabond, from erro, errare, to wander, to err.
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