Synonyms: mistake, error, fault
Definition: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Usage: he made a bad mistake; she was quick to point out my errors; I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
Similar words: nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
Definition: an act that does not achieve its intended goal
Definition: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
Synonyms: erroneousness, error
Definition: inadvertent incorrectness
Similar words: incorrectness, wrongness
Definition: the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
Synonyms: wrongdoing, error
Definition: departure from what is ethically acceptable
Definition: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Usage: attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world
Synonyms: erroneous belief, error
Definition: a misconception resulting from incorrect information
Similar words: misconception
Definition: an incorrect conception
Definition: part of a statement that is not correct
Usage: the book was full of errors
Similar words: misstatement
Definition: a statement that contains a mistake
Synonyms: error, computer error
Definition: (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens