English-Finnish translations for erroneous

• virheellinen
  Jo pelkkä EU:n perustuslain käsite oli virheellinen alusta alkaen. The very concept of a European Constitution was erroneous from the beginning.
  Tämä on täysin virheellinen asenne. En palaa enää asiaan. This was a completely erroneous position, but I shall not harp on the subject.
  Tässä tapauksessa näin ei ollut, koska ääniä annettiin virheellinen määrä. In this instance this situation did not exist at all, because an erroneous number of votes were cast.

Definition of erroneous

• Containing an error; inaccurate
• Derived from an error
• Mistaken
• Wandering; erratic

Examples

• His answer to the sum was erroneous.
• His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.
• Her choice at the line-up proved to be erroneous, as she had only seen the mugger for an instant.
• If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously.

Related words

• erroneously
• erroneousness
• erroneus