error

[ˈerər]

Definition:
1. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
2. Inadvertent incorrectness.
3. A misconception resulting from incorrect information.

Use 'error' in a sentence:

1. This is not the only error.
2. Because of a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.
3. The government has said it was an inadvertent error.
4. The report discloses that human error was to blame for the accident.
5. They end up embracing a different error.
6. He claimed Mr. Brooke had been guilty of a "gross error of judgment."
7. The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.
8. The amount was misstated in the table because of an error by regulators.
9. NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations.
10. Instead of the country admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem.
11. It was a diabolical error, a schoolboy error.
12. The bank has agreed to give an immediate refund in the unlikely event of an error being made.
13. He had made a humiliating tactical error and he had to go.
14. There were a number of errors and omissions in the article.
15. The accident was caused by human error.
16. Telling your boss you were looking for a new job was a tactical error.
17. The accident was caused by an error of judgement on the part of the pilot.
18. The accident was caused by pilot error.
19. Human error may have been a contributing factor.
20. Many drugs were found by trial and error.
21. It was largely a matter of trial and error.
22. The bug was caused by an error in the script.
23. If not, do an error exit.
24. Pilot error, to wit failure to follow procedures, was the cause of the accident.
25. As she became more tired, errors began to creep into her work.
26. Vicenzo failed to spot the error.
27. The essay contains a number of factual errors.
28. A simple error of judgement meant that there was not enough food to go around.
29. An error was reported when he tried to write data to the file for the first time.
30. There are too many errors in your work.
31. An error code will be displayed if any invalid information has been entered.
32. In the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear.
33. She noticed several small errors in his work.
34. You have to allow for a certain amount of error.
35. It was an error on my part.
36. The computer system was switched off in error.
37. We must allow for human error.
38. There is no room for error in this job.
39. He repeated none of the errors he'd made first time round.
40. No payments were made last week because of a computer error.
41. I think you have made an error in calculating the total.
42. The survey has a margin of error of 2.5%.
43. The margin of error was plus or minus three percentage points.
44. The narrow gateway left me little margin for error as I reversed the car.
45. Most of the problems were due to human error.
46. The delay was due to human error.
47. There are some programming errors that need correction.