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errorsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From error + -some.

Meanings

1. (uncommon) Characterised or marked by error(s).
   • The aim of the D study is to obtain large samples of conditions for errorsome facets. 1991, Alexandra K. Wigdor, Bert F. Green, Jr., Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel, Performance Assessment for the Workplace, Volume II
   • A STATEMENT in the Electrical World recently, read to the effect that "unorthodox polyphase meter connections can be very errorsome. The British found that 30 per cent. of the grid interconnection metering was garbled." 1948, The Electrical Journal, volume 141, page 849:
   • However, these processes suffer from the lack of flexibility and adjustability and therefore may cause errorsome results. 1972, Sant Ram Bhatia, Indian Librarian, volume 26, page 144:
   • [...] not because there is no Transcendental Condition, but because it is errorsome and useless relative to actual Realization to believe or affirm It via the necessarily un-Enlightened structures of mere mind. 1982, Da Free John, Adi Da Samraj, Nirvanasara: Radical Transcendentalism and the Introduction of Advaitayana Buddhism, page 205:

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Relateds

error-prone