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error-prone

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

In the habit of making errors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fault-prone

Antonyms: infallible

2

adj

Meaning 2

Tending to cause errors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

capable of making an error

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • all men are error-prone

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: erring

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: грешащ (grešašt) — in the habit of making errors
  • Esperanto: erarema — in the habit of making errors
  • French: enclin à l'erreur — in the habit of making errors
  • French: faillible — in the habit of making errors
  • French: source d'erreur — in the habit of making errors
  • German: fehleranfällig — in the habit of making errors
  • Hungarian: könnyen meghibásodó — in the habit of making errors
  • Hungarian: hibára hajlamos — in the habit of making errors
  • Italian: propenso all'errore — in the habit of making errors
  • Russian: подве́рженный оши́бкам (podvéržennyj ošíbkam) — in the habit of making errors
  • Russian: скло́нный к оши́бкам (sklónnyj k ošíbkam) — in the habit of making errors
  • Spanish: propenso a errores — in the habit of making errors
  • Spanish: susceptible a errores — in the habit of making errors