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What is the adjective for erroring?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs err, error and er which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

erroneous
  1. Containing an error; inaccurate.
  2. Derived from an error.
  3. Mistaken.
  4. (law) signifies a deviation from the requirements of the law, but does not connote a lack of legal authority, and is thus distinguished from illegal.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. incorrect, wrong, inaccurate, false, fallacious, unsound, untrue, mistaken, inexact, invalid, unfounded, faulty, misleading, spurious, specious, flawed, untruthful, imprecise, out, off, illogical, misguided, defective, bogus, iffy, awry, dodgy, amiss, phony, phoney, dicey, askew, abroad, in error, off target, without foundation, off beam, wide of the mark, not exact, not accurate, off base, way out, full of holes, way off, all wet, all off, wrong number, deceptive, distorted, unreliable … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Yesterday there was an erroneous report that he had been arrested.”
      “Yet, as it turns out, many of those foods have bad raps based on outdated and, sometimes, erroneous information.”
      “In the actual, erroneous, sentence, the subject of the main clause, a man, is also the subject of the relative clause.”
errant
  1. Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
  2. Wandering; roving around.
  3. Prone to making errors; misbehaved.
  4. (proscribed) Utter, complete (negative); arrant.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. aberrant, mischievous, naughty, offending, deviating, misbehaving, guilty, sinning, delinquent, bad, criminal, culpable, lawbreaking, lawless, transgressing, deviant, straying, froward, erring, fallible, sinful, wrong, contrary, difficult, troublesome, unmanageable, unruly, disobedient, uncontrollable, wayward, devious, errable, erratic, miscreant, rowdy, stray, heretic, unreliable, badly behaved, out of control, off straight and narrow, mistaken, faulty, transgressive, in error, aberrational, aberrative, antisocial, immoral, wicked … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “We never know what Miss Trotwood's married name was, nor her errant husband's Christian name.”
      “Thus it was that five minutes later he was wandering down the hall in search of his errant best friend.”
      “Outside could be heard the creak and thud of damaged trees, and the thrashing of errant guttering and plastic garden furniture.”
errorful
  1. (sciences) Involving error; not errorless.
  2. (archaic) Full of error; wrong.
errorless
  1. (not comparable) Free from errors; accurate, correct.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. precise, unerring, exact, right, correct, faultless, perfect, accurate, true, veracious, valid, authentic, definitive, proper, reliable, spot on, infallible, faithful, veridical, on the money, certain, error-free, spot-on, strict, bang on, factual, genuine, meticulous, scrupulous, flawless, definite, literal, thorough, dead-on, on-target, unambiguous, impeccable, undisputed, unrefuted, without error, conclusive, unimpeachable, good, certified, veritable, credible, irrefutable, undistorted, unquestionable, specific … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Why do people prefer the reproduction of other people's errors to my own errorless prose?”
      “Robb's performance was matched by his team's errorless game in the field.”
      “He had 25 hits in his first 67 at-bats and was errorless in 15 starts.”
errable
  1. Liable to error; fallible.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fallible, imperfect, frail, weak, flawed, erring, defective, mortal, careless, human, unreliable, untrustworthy, errant, faultful, faulty, liable, questionable, error-prone, liable to err, open to error, prone to err, prone to error, in question, fault-prone, badly designed, vulnerable, susceptible, natural, aberrant, mischievous, naughty, offending, deviating, misbehaving, guilty, sinning, delinquent, bad, criminal, culpable, lawbreaking, lawless, transgressing, deviant, straying, froward, sinful … more
errorproof
  1. resistant to error
errorsome
  1. (neologism) Characterised or marked by error(s)
  2. Examples:
      3. “The aim of the D study is to obtain large samples of conditions for errorsome facets.”
erraunt
  1. Obsolete form of errant.
errored
  1. (telecommunications) Containing one or more errors; faulty.
  2. Examples:
      3. “If an error is indicated the reperforator deletes the errored line from the tape and signals the transmitter to repeat the line of data.”
errorfree
  1. Free from errors.
erred
  1. simple past tense and past participle of err
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundered, flubbed, miscalculated, fumbled, fluffed, boobed, misjudged, blew, blown, stumbled, muffed, goofed, mistook, mistaken, tripped, misapprehended, bollixed, snafued, nodded, screwed up, fouled up, messed up, slipped up, goofed up, loused up, got wrong, gotten wrong, made a mistake, went wrong, gone wrong, got it wrong, gotten it wrong, made a mess of, made a boo-boo, made a blunder, dropped the ball, made a hash of, blew it, blown it, got the wrong end of the stick, gotten the wrong end of the stick, boo-booed, went astray, gone astray, made a bloomer, got things wrong, blotted your copybook, dropped a brick, put your foot in it, bungled … more
erred
  1. simple past tense and past participle of er
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundered, flubbed, miscalculated, fumbled, fluffed, boobed, misjudged, blew, blown, stumbled, muffed, goofed, mistook, mistaken, tripped, misapprehended, bollixed, snafued, nodded, screwed up, fouled up, messed up, slipped up, goofed up, loused up, got wrong, gotten wrong, made a mistake, went wrong, gone wrong, got it wrong, gotten it wrong, made a mess of, made a boo-boo, made a blunder, dropped the ball, made a hash of, blew it, blown it, got the wrong end of the stick, gotten the wrong end of the stick, boo-booed, went astray, gone astray, made a bloomer, got things wrong, blotted your copybook, dropped a brick, put your foot in it, bungled … more
erring
  1. present participle of err
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundering, flubbing, miscalculating, fumbling, fluffing, boobing, misjudging, blowing, stumbling, muffing, goofing, mistaking, tripping, misapprehending, bollixing, snafuing, nodding, screwing up, fouling up, messing up, slipping up, goofing up, lousing up, getting wrong, making a mistake, going wrong, getting it wrong, making a mess of, making a boo-boo, making a blunder, dropping the ball, making a hash of, blowing it, getting the wrong end of the stick, boo-booing, going astray, making a bloomer, getting things wrong, blotting your copybook, dropping a brick, putting your foot in it, bungling, botching, bobbling, butchering, bumbling, mangling, boggling, booting, foozling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His erring behavior, driven by deceit and greed, led him down a path of destruction and moral decay.”
erring
  1. present participle of er
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundering, flubbing, miscalculating, fumbling, fluffing, boobing, misjudging, blowing, stumbling, muffing, goofing, mistaking, tripping, misapprehending, bollixing, snafuing, nodding, screwing up, fouling up, messing up, slipping up, goofing up, lousing up, getting wrong, making a mistake, going wrong, getting it wrong, making a mess of, making a boo-boo, making a blunder, dropping the ball, making a hash of, blowing it, getting the wrong end of the stick, boo-booing, going astray, making a bloomer, getting things wrong, blotting your copybook, dropping a brick, putting your foot in it, bungling, botching, bobbling, butchering, bumbling, mangling, boggling, booting, foozling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His erring behavior, driven by deceit and greed, led him down a path of destruction and moral decay.”
erroring
  1. present participle of error
  2. Synonyms:
      3. erring, blundering, mistaking, miscalculating, misjudging, slipping up, fouling up, goofing, screwing up, flubbing, fluffing, fumbling, stumbling, tripping, getting wrong, making a blunder, making a mistake, getting it wrong, getting things wrong, goofing up, messing up, dropping the ball, making a hash of … more
erred
  1. simple past tense and past participle of err
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundered, flubbed, miscalculated, fumbled, fluffed, boobed, misjudged, blew, blown, stumbled, muffed, goofed, mistook, mistaken, tripped, misapprehended, bollixed, snafued, nodded, screwed up, fouled up, messed up, slipped up, goofed up, loused up, got wrong, gotten wrong, made a mistake, went wrong, gone wrong, got it wrong, gotten it wrong, made a mess of, made a boo-boo, made a blunder, dropped the ball, made a hash of, blew it, blown it, got the wrong end of the stick, gotten the wrong end of the stick, boo-booed, went astray, gone astray, made a bloomer, got things wrong, blotted your copybook, dropped a brick, put your foot in it, bungled … more
erred
  1. simple past tense and past participle of er
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundered, flubbed, miscalculated, fumbled, fluffed, boobed, misjudged, blew, blown, stumbled, muffed, goofed, mistook, mistaken, tripped, misapprehended, bollixed, snafued, nodded, screwed up, fouled up, messed up, slipped up, goofed up, loused up, got wrong, gotten wrong, made a mistake, went wrong, gone wrong, got it wrong, gotten it wrong, made a mess of, made a boo-boo, made a blunder, dropped the ball, made a hash of, blew it, blown it, got the wrong end of the stick, gotten the wrong end of the stick, boo-booed, went astray, gone astray, made a bloomer, got things wrong, blotted your copybook, dropped a brick, put your foot in it, bungled … more
erring
  1. present participle of err
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundering, flubbing, miscalculating, fumbling, fluffing, boobing, misjudging, blowing, stumbling, muffing, goofing, mistaking, tripping, misapprehending, bollixing, snafuing, nodding, screwing up, fouling up, messing up, slipping up, goofing up, lousing up, getting wrong, making a mistake, going wrong, getting it wrong, making a mess of, making a boo-boo, making a blunder, dropping the ball, making a hash of, blowing it, getting the wrong end of the stick, boo-booing, going astray, making a bloomer, getting things wrong, blotting your copybook, dropping a brick, putting your foot in it, bungling, botching, bobbling, butchering, bumbling, mangling, boggling, booting, foozling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His erring behavior, driven by deceit and greed, led him down a path of destruction and moral decay.”
erring
  1. present participle of er
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blundering, flubbing, miscalculating, fumbling, fluffing, boobing, misjudging, blowing, stumbling, muffing, goofing, mistaking, tripping, misapprehending, bollixing, snafuing, nodding, screwing up, fouling up, messing up, slipping up, goofing up, lousing up, getting wrong, making a mistake, going wrong, getting it wrong, making a mess of, making a boo-boo, making a blunder, dropping the ball, making a hash of, blowing it, getting the wrong end of the stick, boo-booing, going astray, making a bloomer, getting things wrong, blotting your copybook, dropping a brick, putting your foot in it, bungling, botching, bobbling, butchering, bumbling, mangling, boggling, booting, foozling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His erring behavior, driven by deceit and greed, led him down a path of destruction and moral decay.”
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