error, n.
(errors)
freq. cnt. 30
(errors)
freq. cnt. 30
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8
error fault mistake
sample sentences
"he made a bad mistake""she was quick to point out my errors"
"I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
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blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
confusion, mix-up
incursion
miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
distortion
slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
offside
lapse, oversight
omission, skip
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up
stupidity, folly, betise, foolishness, imbecility
revoke, renege
inadvertent incorrectness
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
erroneousness error
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a misconception resulting from incorrect information
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
erroneous belief error
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(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
error misplay
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departure from what is ethically acceptable
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
error wrongdoing
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part of a statement that is not correct
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
error mistake
sample sentences
"the book was full of errors"
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(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
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computer error error
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