SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
erroneous
adjective
Incorrect or based on error.
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Return to topFallacious often concerns faulty reasoning; erroneous can describe any incorrect information or result.
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An erroneous address caused the parcel to be returned.
Another visitor offered a fallacious argument: because the drawing was attractive, it must have been made by the famous illustrator. The archivist explained that an attractive result did not identify its maker, and that knowledgeable observers were still fallible. She also corrected an erroneous catalog date that had placed the donation a year too early.
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