ERRONEOUSLY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

erroneously

adverb

as in mistakenly

in a mistaken or inappropriate way people erroneously believed that the disease was contagious

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Recent Examples of erroneously The certification for this device was granted erroneously and has been set aside by the FCC and removed from our public database. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026 The Internal Revenue Service decided many nonprofit NIL collectives were erroneously given charitable status. — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 News Channel 5 similarly reported that she was erroneously given potassium in place of numbing medication. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 States are also setting up systems that may not adequately track pregnant and postpartum enrollees who should be exempt from the law’s new work requirements, erroneously dropping them from coverage, Burak’s report said. — Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 In remarks during the Oval Office signing, Trump repeatedly -- and erroneously -- linked the vaccine to autism without evidence. — Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 School district officials have said tax dollars were erroneously used not for an ad, but for another School Board member’s ticket to the Democratic event. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 The president also has deflected criticism of their impact on consumer prices by claiming erroneously that foreigners pay for them. — Kent Jones, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 Jimmy Coe, for example, said in an email to the larger airport that during his visit to Orlando in 2022, his taxi driver erroneously drove him to the Orlando airport instead of the Sanford airport where his Allegiant flight was departing. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

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The fatal shooting by police responding to a report of a possible break-in distinguishes Pysher’s death from several other instances in which residents have shot people who mistakenly showed up at their homes.

— Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
When the group decided to move the party to a house nearby, Pysher walked there alone and mistakenly knocked on the wrong door.

— Tom Hanson, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

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