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errorful

errorful

7.7
Full of mistakes that make it hard to understand
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛrərfəl/
translation icon : erróneo
  • The student's errorful essay was full of spelling and grammatical mistakes.
  • errorful treatment
  • errorful productions

Examples

  • Viewed from the perspective of naming treatment, the TOT-elicitation phase constitutes one-trial errorful treatment of target words (i.e., naming attempt followed by repetition feedback; see Method).

    Academic text (2013)
  • In research on the treatment of naming impairments in aphasia, interventions are being explored that incorporate errorless learning principles that prioritize the elimination of errorful productions during treatment.

    Academic text (2013)
  • This could balance the negative effects of error learning, conceivably tipping the scale in favor of errorful treatment.

    Academic text (2013)
  • As the relative strength of these two factors is unknown (particularly in the current experiment), we had no strong predictions for this errorful-errorless comparison.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The present study investigated whether, in individuals with chronic aphasia, errorful productions during word retrieval can, through learning, influence the likelihood of future naming failures.

    Academic text (2013)
  • With just a single trial of treatment (errorful or errorless) per item, the impact of error learning and/or the benefit of retrieval practice may simply have been too small to exert a measurable impact on post-test accuracy.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Her errorful approach to the project led to several misunderstandings with the team.

  • After reviewing his errorful calculations, the teacher suggested he double-check his work.

Synonyms

inaccurate
vserrorful
113 4.3

Not correct or exact, with mistakes

contains many mistakes rather than just being imprecise
erroneous
vserrorful
41 6.7

Not correct because of a mistake

contains many mistakes rather than a single error
buggy
vserrorful
1 3.9

Having many small errors or problems in a program

applies to many mistakes generally rather than mainly technical issues

Antonyms

680 3.0

Exactly correct in every detail

1 5.4

Completely without mistakes

How Errorful

errorful
7.7
imperfect
73 3.5
accurate
680 3.0

Surface Forms

errorful positive
errorfuller comparative
errorfullest superlative

Morphology

errorful = error (transparent) = err + or + ful

The word is a straightforward adjective formed from the noun 'error' with the productive suffix '-ful'.

Etymology

Errorful comes from error and the ending -ful, like in helpful, where -ful means 'full of'. It means 'full of mistakes', so it describes something that contains many errors.