in error
idiom
1
: not correct : mistaken
I believe your conclusion is in error.
The judge was in error when she allowed the evidence to be admitted.
2
: in a way that is not correct
My earlier statement was made in error.
The evidence was admitted in error.
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The Big Sky Conference announced Monday that the referee crew that worked last Saturday’s Idaho-Sacramento State football game at Hornet Stadium were in error on the game’s most crucial play, leading to the conference suspending members of that officiating crew.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 17 Nov. 2025
Polk County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Chance told the Arizona Mirror that the ICE detainer was issued in error, explaining that it had been intended for a different person booked at the jail at the same time but was incorrectly assigned to Jacobo’s records, the Arizona Mirror reported.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
At least four prisoners released in error over the past year remain at large, the BBC reports.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
Employees of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases are among the hundreds of CDC workers who were recently fired in error and reinstated the next day.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 17 Nov. 2025
Polk County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Chance told the Arizona Mirror that the ICE detainer was issued in error, explaining that it had been intended for a different person booked at the jail at the same time but was incorrectly assigned to Jacobo’s records, the Arizona Mirror reported.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
At least four prisoners released in error over the past year remain at large, the BBC reports.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
Employees of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases are among the hundreds of CDC workers who were recently fired in error and reinstated the next day.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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“In error.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20error. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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