Thesaurus / err
other words for err
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- misbehave
- miscalculate
- stray
- stumble
- blow
- blunder
- bollix
- deviate
- fall
- flub
- goof
- lapse
- misapprehend
- misjudge
- muff
- offend
- sin
- snafu
- transgress
- trespass
- wander
- be in error
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be mistaken
- boo-boo
- drop the ball
- foul up
- go astray
- go wrong
- louse up
- make a mess of
- mess up
- screw up
- slip up
- snarl up
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We’re going to err on the side of caution, and we’re going to bring very few people back to the office at a time.
PUBLISHERS LOOK TO ALLAY EMPLOYEE FEARS OVER A RETURN TO THE OFFICE BY OFFERING ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITYJESSICA DAVIESFEBRUARY 10, 2021DIGIDAY
So, with transmission rates still high in many parts of the world, including the United States, and large swaths of the population still unvaccinated, it’s best to err on the side of caution.
WHAT DO COVID-19 VACCINES MEAN FOR DAILY LIFE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD?ERIN GARCIA DE JESUSJANUARY 29, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
The appeal filed Monday said Marchant had erred in several ways, including by accepting actions the General Assembly took last summer.
RESIDENTS ASK HIGH COURT TO BLOCK REMOVAL OF RICHMOND’S ROBERT E. LEE STATUE AS VIRGINIA PREPARES TO ACTGREGORY S. SCHNEIDERJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.
Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee?
Whatever his own personal blunders, it was impossible for Joseph Addison to err in a point of literary judgment.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
Is not your style so simple, frank, and direct that a wayfaring girl can read it and not err therein?
PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLANDKATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
It is under the abiding influence of the Holy Ghost, and therefore cannot err in matters of faith.
MY RELIGIONLEO TOLSTOY
It is better to err upon the side of soft singing than to take any chances.
THE CHILD-VOICE IN SINGINGFRANCIS E. HOWARD
It is just as foolish to err from lack of faith as it is to blunder from excess of credulity.
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WORDS RELATED TO ERR
- blow
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix
- boot
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- distort
- err
- fall down
- flounder
- flub
- fumble
- goof up
- gum up
- louse up
- mar
- mend
- mess
- mess up
- misapply
- miscalculate
- miscompute
- misconjecture
- misconstrue
- mishandle
- misjudge
- mismanage
- muck up
- muddle
- muff
- mutilate
- patch
- pull a boner
- ruin
- screw up
- spoil
- stumble
- wreck
- blow
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix
- boot
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- distort
- err
- fall down
- flounder
- flub
- fumble
- goof up
- gum up
- louse up
- mar
- mend
- mess
- mess up
- misapply
- miscalculate
- miscompute
- misconjecture
- misconstrue
- mishandle
- misjudge
- mismanage
- muck up
- muddle
- muff
- mutilate
- patch
- pull a boner
- ruin
- screw up
- spoil
- stumble
- wreck
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