Erring
['ɜːrɪŋ] or ['ɝɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) capable of making an error; 'all men are error-prone' .
Editor: Warren--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Err
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Sinful, fallible, peccable, liable to err.
Typist: Weldon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Misguided, misled, sinful, wandering
ANT:Virtuous, good, upright
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Examples
- Dumb with amazement, Mr. Gradgrind crossed to the spot where his family was thus disgraced, laid his hand upon each erring child, and said: 'Louisa! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- O, remain with us--the counsel of holy men will wean you from your erring law, and I will be a sister to you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I believe it none the less because that nook is in a Church, and she was weak and erring. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Still and for ever did the earth roll on, enthroned in her atmospheric car, speeded by the force of the invisible coursers of never-erring necessity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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