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| 1. | [ noun ] a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | |
| Synonyms: | mistake fault | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | nonaccomplishment oversight omission blunder miscalculation stupidity slip ballup confusion incursion distortion blot footfault revoke blame | |
| 2. | [ noun ] inadvertent incorrectness | |
| Synonyms: | erroneousness | |
| Related terms: | incorrectness deviation err | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a misconception resulting from incorrect information | |
| Synonyms: | erroneous_belief | |
| Related terms: | misconception | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | |
| Synonyms: | misplay | |
| Related terms: | failure baseball baseball | |
| 5. | [ noun ] departure from what is ethically acceptable | |
| Synonyms: | wrongdoing | |
| Related terms: | evil | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer | |
| Synonyms: | computer_error | |
| Related terms: | happening programming_error hardware_error algorithm_error computer_science | |
| 7. | [ noun ] part of a statement that is not correct | |
| Synonyms: | mistake | |
| Examples: | "the book was full of errors" |
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| Related terms: | misstatement corrigendum misprint err | |
