errant

Example Sentences

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And if AI agents are not kept on course by a human, they could misunderstand an instruction and wander down an errant processing path, resulting in a business paying for wasted computing power.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

But his errant drive down the last cost him a place alongside Aberg in Sunday's final pairing.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Bradley, Bryant wrote, directed “comprehensive lookbacks” on civilian casualties in errant strikes and used the findings to mandate changes.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Many economists suspect that the low late-November figure of 192,000 reflected an errant seasonal-adjustment factor due to the timing of Thanksgiving this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

The distance between the men and the errant robot was being cut down momentarily—more by the efforts of Speedy than the slow plodding of the fifty-year-old antique mounts of Donovan and Powell.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov