English-French translations for erroneous

• défectueux
• erroné
  Bien entendu, cette opinion est erronée. This is, of course, an erroneous claim.
  C'est là un point de vue erroné, qui ne peut avoir que des conséquences erronées elles aussi! This mistaken standpoint can only lead to erroneous consequences!
  Cette attitude, politiquement correcte, est erronée et dangereuse. It is erroneous and dangerous political correctness.
• erronée
  Bien entendu, cette opinion est erronée. This is, of course, an erroneous claim.
  C'est là un point de vue erroné, qui ne peut avoir que des conséquences erronées elles aussi! This mistaken standpoint can only lead to erroneous consequences!
  Cette attitude, politiquement correcte, est erronée et dangereuse. It is erroneous and dangerous political correctness.
• faux
• incorrect

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