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in error

ADJECTIVE
at fault
Synonyms
WEAK
blameworthy culpable erring guilty in the wrong liable on one's head responsible to blame wrong
ADJECTIVE
erring
Synonyms
STRONG
blundering deviating sinning straying wrong
WEAK
criminal culpable delinquent errant fallible faulty sinful
ADJECTIVE
guilty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
convicted culpable liable remorseful responsible sorry wrong
WEAK
accusable caught censurable censured chargeable condemned conscience-stricken contrite convictable criminal damned delinquent depraved doomed erring evil felonious hangdog impeached in the wrong incriminated iniquitous judged licentious offending on one's head out of line proscribed regretful reprehensible rueful sentenced sheepish sinful wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
good immune irresponsible right
WEAK
guiltless innocent moral sinless truthful
ADJECTIVE
inaccurate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
defective false faulty imprecise incorrect mistaken unreliable untrue wrong
WEAK
all wet careless counterfactual discrepant doesn't wash fallacious inexact off off base out specious unfaithful unsound way-off wide wild
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accurate correct honest just perfect precise reliable right sound true
ADJECTIVE
wrong
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amiss awry bad erroneous false inaccurate misguided mistaken unsound untrue
STRONG
erring fluffed goofed miscalculated misconstrued mishandled out
WEAK
askew astray at fault counterfactual defective erratic fallacious faulty inexact misfigured not precise not right not working off-target on the wrong track out of commission out of line out of order perverse rotten sophistical specious spurious ungrounded unsatisfactory unsubstantial wide
Antonyms
STRONGEST
OK accurate correct good honest just precise right sound true valid
WEAK
acceptable appropriate decent moral suitable

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Around 22,000 university students who were told they would have to urgently repay maintenance loans and childcare grants that were given to them in error have been given a reprieve.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Shares have little to trade on other than isolated company announcements and investor sentiment, as quantum enthusiasts await milestones like wide-scale commercialization and a reduction in error rates.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

More than 20,000 students have been told they were given maintenance loans and grants in error and now face demands to immediately pay the money back.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The post was quickly deleted, with officials saying it had been posted in error.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The official Daily Racing Form record of this race states that Seabiscuit held the lead from the start, but it appears to be in error.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand