clerical errors
Administrative slip-ups
Clerical errors are mistakes made in paperwork, record-keeping, or data entry—typos, transposed digits, misfiled documents.
The term implies the error was minor and unintentional rather than substantive: The contract listed the wrong date due to a clerical error.
Clerical here refers to office work, not clergy.
- legal disputesConflicts requiring judicial resolution
- financial lossesNegative monetary outcomes
- typosUnintended keystroke errors
- slip of the penInadvertent writing error
- copy pasteDuplicate and transfer digitally
reputational damage · miscommunication · wrong address · fine print · distraction · paperwork · lost paperwork · multitasking · fatigue · data entry · bookkeeping · administrative · office work · proofreading · double checking · transcription · oversight
- Mistakes & Liesmistakes, lies, mistake, blunders, blunder
- legal appealslegal appeal, appeal process, appeals court, appeal courts, higher court
clerical errorswillful misconduct
Intentional improper action
embezzlement · data manipulation · cooking the books · forgery · sabotage
clerical, cleric, clerics, clerically, clergy, clergyman, clergymen, clergywoman, clerk