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erroneously

[ih-roh-nee-uhs-lee, e-roh-]

adverb

  1. incorrectly; wrongly.

    For years I recorded my birth date erroneously as July 1, until I discovered from my father’s diary that it was actually July 30.

  2. by mistake; unintentionally.

    I just posted these comments again because they were erroneously wiped out the first time due to a technical issue.



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  • nonerroneously adverb
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She added that some thought, erroneously, that the Bear League was a government organization, and “maybe we had the ability to enforce the law” against feeding bears.

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But deportations have lagged behind detentions - while one person has been deported erroneously.

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Tesla chair Robyn Denholm wrote on X: "There was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search at the company."

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On March 15, the 29-year-old was erroneously included on a deportation flight to his native El Salvador for detention in its Terrorism Confinement Center, also known as CECOT, due to an admitted "administrative error."

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GPs have told the BBC that unreliable blood results, with erroneously high levels of potassium caused by processing delays, are a regular occurrence since Synnovis began the service.

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erroneouserr on the side of caution