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

Example Sentences

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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

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

“Employees are encouraged to contact Corporate Security if they believe a parking warning has been issued in error so it can be reviewed and addressed promptly.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Several came across instances in which voters marked on registration forms that they weren’t citizens, but were registered by election office staffers in error.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

By noon it was apparent that the weather forecast was in error.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

in error

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