The investigation revealed that the root cause of the crash was an errant wire bridging electrical contacts.
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Errant
//ˈɛɹ(ə)nt//
Synonyms for "errant" (141 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
landlopingliable to errormazymeanderingmigrationalmigratorymisbehavingmischievousnaughtynomadnomadicnot rightnot trueoffoff the trackopen to erroroutout-of-the-waypeccantperverse
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8 entrieshas context
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4 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- блуждаещ adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
- странстващ adj (travelling in search of adventure)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迷失 adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Czech
2 entries- nezdárný adj (misbehaving)
- nezvedený adj (misbehaving)
Dutch
1 entries- dolend adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
French
1 entries- errant adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
German
1 entries- errant adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Greek
1 entries- περιπλανώμενος adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Italian
1 entries- errante adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Japanese
1 entries- 常識はずれ adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Korean
1 entries- 편력하는 adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Latin
1 entries- errans adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Polish
1 entries- błędny adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Portuguese
1 entries- errante adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Russian
3 entries- блужда́ющий adj (travelling in search of adventure)
- заблу́дший adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
- стра́нствующий adj (travelling in search of adventure)
Spanish
1 entries- errante adj (straying from the proper course or standard)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom scolded John like an errant pupil.
Source: tatoeba (11492682)
Officials say errant fireworks are to blame for sparking the fire that destroyed a hotel next to the company's new headquarters.
Source: tatoeba (12223950)
In that there are just seven Planets or errant Stars in the lower Orbs of heaven: but it is now demonstrable unto sense, that there are many more
Source: wiktionary
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