erroneousness

Example Sentences

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But in 1884 the erroneousness of the belief had not been made clear by recent experience.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

In their estimation, the genuineness of an inspired writing is a thing not in the least degree rendered suspicious by the erroneousness of its statements.

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William

I give no opinion as to the accuracy or erroneousness of this view.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Wakefield conjectures that Pope altered the line from having learnt the erroneousness of the vulgar belief that the sting of the serpent is in its tail.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

Understanding well enough that all this is quite natural and excusable in a sea-faring man, I succeed in checking a rising smile, and gently, but firmly, convince the officer of the erroneousness of this conclusion.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas