Error

English word definition — powered by WordNet

NOUN

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

inadvertent incorrectness

a misconception resulting from incorrect information

(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

departure from what is ethically acceptable

(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

part of a statement that is not correct

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