Erring

Synonyms for "erring" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

aberrant abroad adrift amiss askew astray at fault awry backsliding carnal corrupt deceptive defective

Strong matches (19)

delusive devious distorted errant erroneous error prone fallacious fallen false faulty flawed fleshly frail heretical heterodox illogical illusory impure

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (31)

infirm lapsed mistaken not right not true off out peccant perverse perverted prodigal recidivist self-contradictory straying transgression unchaste unclean unfactual ungodly unorthodox

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unproved unrighteous unsaintly untrue unvirtuous wanton wayward weak wide wrong

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erringly inerring unerring

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

[…] these errings and strayings are here, according to the language of Scripture, compared to those of sheep, and lost sheep.

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