erroneousness
State of falsehood
The quality of being wrong or mistaken.
Erroneousness describes the state of containing errors or being based on false information: The erroneousness of his assumptions became clear when the data came in.
The word is formal and somewhat awkward; most speakers prefer "being wrong" or simply "error."
Foolish, costly mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- slipMinor error or misstep
- gaffeClumsy social error
- misstepError in action or judgment
slip-up · miscue · flub · lapse · blooper · goof · bungle · botch
Erroneous belief or understanding
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- fallacyError in reasoning
- sophismMisleading logical trickery
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
misbelief · illogic · irrationality · speciousness · myth · untruth · pseudo-science · superstition
State of being wrong
- imprecisionLack of exactness
- inexactnessLack of precision
- miscalculationError in estimation
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
discrepancy · misreport · miscount · misreckoning · distortion · deviation · variance · approximation
Imperfection in something
- imperfectionFault or shortcoming
- faultImperfection or blame
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- unsoundnessLack of stability or validity
weakness · shortcoming · inadequacy · blemish · corruption · invalidity · spuriousness · wrongness
Absence of truth
- untruthfulnessDisposition toward false statements
- mendacityDisposition to lie
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
falsification · prevarication · disinformation · misinformation · canard · whopper · fib · lying
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
misstep · slip-up · miscue · flub · lapse · blooper · goof · bungle · botch · faux pas
misconception
Erroneous belief or understanding
delusion · misbelief · illogic · irrationality · speciousness · myth · untruth · pseudo-science · superstition · faulty reasoning
incorrectness
State of being wrong
- imprecisionLack of exactness
- inexactnessLack of precision
- miscalculationError in estimation
misstatement · discrepancy · misreport · miscount · misreckoning · distortion · deviation · variance · approximation · misquotation
flaw
Imperfection in something
- imperfectionFault or shortcoming
- faultImperfection or blame
- deficiencyLack of something needed
unsoundness · weakness · shortcoming · inadequacy · blemish · corruption · invalidity · spuriousness · wrongness · defectiveness
falseness
Absence of truth
- untruthfulnessDisposition toward false statements
- mendacityDisposition to lie
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
misrepresentation · falsification · prevarication · disinformation · misinformation · canard · whopper · fib · lying · deceitfulness
erroneousnesscorrectness
State of being accurate
accuracy · truth · truthfulness · verity · rightness
error, erratic, errors, errant, aberration, erroneous, erroneously, inerrant