How to Use erroneous in a Sentence

erroneous

adjective

• All three of these erroneous features were present in some of the fakes.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• Again, this could be erroneous.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• When scanned, the erroneous tickets do show the correct prize amount won.
  — Nick Hollkamp, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2020
• And why did the media repeat his erroneous data over and over?
  — David Zweig, New Republic, 16 May 2017
• Who never bothered to delete the erroneous post.
  — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• Some of those loans may contain erroneous payment counts without any clear sense of how they will be fixed.
  — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2022
• Many people still think that exercise will wear out the knee faster, but this is proven to be erroneous.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 12 July 2023
• Which is not to say that like judgment is completely erroneous.
  — refinery29.com, 2 May 2018
• But at these later stages, none of the remaining instances were in an erroneous state.
  — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
• The latest erroneous metaphor is that our brains are like AI systems.
  — Iddo Gefen, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
• The good news is, though, that while an erroneous freeze can cause big trouble with your bills, it can usually be reversed.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 June 2026
• Not a single member of the home crowd can rest easy, given the erroneous history of their beloved team.
  — SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• An erroneous bank levy can cause major issues for your finances, but there may be ways to resolve the issue.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 June 2026
• The era of receiving erroneous bank emails and being prompted to click links has ended.
  — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
• Given the number of erroneous beliefs about wine that persist, this could have been an epic feast lasting for weeks.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
• The notion that there’s a huge difference between the two runners is erroneous.
  — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• The recording then provides a phone number for the victim to call to return the erroneous refund.
  — Mark Davis, kansascity, 13 Feb. 2018
• Lauber ruled that discounted cash flow valuation of land is erroneous as a matter of law.
  — Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• That means that even erroneous reports of a £65 parking fine isn't likely to dent Lime's use.
  — Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
• Worst of all is that the Inquirer was forced to correct the same erroneous assertion less than a year and a half ago.
  — Corey Deangelis, National Review, 6 Apr. 2021
• The erroneous emergency alert caused a stir in all parts of Los Angeles.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
• Don’t trot out the tired and often erroneous excuse about the Chargers being unlucky.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• The doctrine instructs that an erroneous fact in a story is not, by itself, sufficient for a defamation claim.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
• When the erroneous Facebook posts went viral, Palley was forced to comment on the posts to try to set the record straight.
  — National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2020
• While most of the erroneous stamps were taken out of circulation, a sheet of 100 was sold to the public.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• On Thursday, an erroneous report of a man with a gun sent two Boulder schools into lockdown.
  — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
• In Wiggins case, the court ruled the trial judge gave erroneous legal instructions to the jury.
  — Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
• But such fine evidence of the erroneous human touch in the publishing process is, of course, cherished by collectors of this day.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• The examples and notes in question were and are erroneous and inconsistent with our policies, and have been removed.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• One check was deposited into the erroneous account in the amount of $2,762.
  — cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023