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erroneously

[ih-roh-nee-uhs-lee, e-roh-] / ɪˈroʊ ni əs li, ɛˈroʊ- /


ADVERB
mistakenly
Synonyms


ADVERB
unjustifiably
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
excusably justifiably




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That meant the system erroneously believed some cars had been lapped because they were not showing up on the correct timing loops, so it started showing blue flags when no-one had been lapped.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Mr. Wright erroneously claims that Lincoln’s widely published 1862 letter to Greeley on the subject of emancipation marked “the first and only time a sitting US President has ever written a letter to the editor.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Johnson, he added, gets blamed for tampering with Social Security, with many people erroneously believing the president dipped into the program’s coffers.

From MarketWatch May 2, 2026

“It just can’t be that they’re going to refuse to return someone who was erroneously deported.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Several magazines and newspapers have erroneously reported that I was a correspondent for Outside Online.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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