errancy

Examples

• All

• In accordance with the demands of rehabilitation, Don Quijote repudiates the proximate cause of his errancy, the cause to which those about him ascribe his deviation from the tranquil state and manner of life that is thought appropriate to a country gentleman.

  Academic text (2002)

• The turning of pages by the human hand would not admit, in other words, the temporality and errancy and volubility of the body.

• His constant mistakes were a reminder of human errancy and the need for patience.

• We must accept our errancy and learn from our errors to improve in the future.

Synonyms

C

carelessness

vserrancy

16 2.8

Lack of attention that causes mistakes or accidents

is a broader tendency to make mistakes rather than a personal lack of care

F

fallibility

vserrancy

4 7.2

A tendency to make mistakes

is the same tendency expressed with a different word form

I

inadvertence

vserrancy

1 9.3

Not paying attention causes mistakes

refers to a general tendency to make mistakes rather than a specific cause

Antonyms

A

accuracy

169 3.8

How close a measurement or statement is to the correct value

P

perfection

97 3.7

A thing that has no mistakes and shows the best quality

I

inerrancy

• Specialized

4 9.9

The belief that certain religious books, especially the Bible, have no mistakes

How Fallible

error-prone

2 5.1

errancy

9.9

occasional

285 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology