Erring synonyms

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in error
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fallible
The definition of fallible is capable of making mistakes or errors.
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mistaken
The definition of mistaken is someone or something that is wrong, misguided or based on faulty or incorrect information.
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errant
Missing an intended target or recipient:
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deviating
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sinful
Of or relating to sin; sinny.
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sinning
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faulty
(Obsolete) Deserving of blame; guilty.
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delinquent
A person who fails to perform a legal or contractual obligation, or who is guilty of illegal or disorderly behavior.
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culpable
The definition of culpable is deserving of blame.
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criminal
The definition of criminal is someone or something related to the commission of a crime.
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wrong (related)
Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
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error-prone
In the habit of making errors
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drifting
(Western US) To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.
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straying
(Intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
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slipping
To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly.
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veering
To deviate from a purpose, behavior, or previous pattern:
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swerving
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
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diverging
(Mathematics) To fail to approach a limit.
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digressing
(Intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
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departing
Depart is defined as to go away or leave.
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wronging
In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously:
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wandering
To go to a destination in a casual way or by an indirect route; idle; stroll
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muffing
To do (something) badly or awkwardly
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mistaking
(Intransitive) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
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miscalculating
To make a gross error in judgement.
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lapsing
To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way:
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goofing
To make a silly mistake; blunder:
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bungling
To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task; to make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly.
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trespassing
To go beyond the limits of what is considered right or moral; do wrong; transgress
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transgressing
To go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.)
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offending
(Obs.) To transgress; violate
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stumbling
Stumble means to make a minor mistake, or to trip and almost fall.
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miscuing
(Theater) To give an incorrect cue.
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correcting (antonym)
To indicate or mark the errors in:
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approaching (related)
Approach means to move close to something.
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failing (related)
To omit to perform (an expected duty, for example):
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righting (related)
Toward or on the right.
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Erring Sentence Examples

  • The chastisements of erring Jews are of short duration, and intended to recall them to duty.

  • It would, I think, be hard to make her feel just how to pronounce DICTIONARY without her erring either toward DICTIONAYRY or DICTION'RY, and, of course the word is neither one nor the other.

  • In both cases, as it seems, an attempt was made by the bishop of Rome to depose the erring patriarch by his authority as primate of Christendom, acting in concert with a Western synod.

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