error message

noun

: a message indicating that an error has occurred
The computer displayed an error message.

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The banks are Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo. Short-term rental platform Airbnb said Wednesday that hosts in Los Angeles and Ventura counties who try to raise prices by more than 10% will instead receive an error message. Janie Har The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 20 Jan. 2025 The false report is no longer available, and the link now directs to an error message. Melanie Anzidei, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 But a malformed command in Python usually returns an error message that keeps the code from running, not something that fails brilliantly yet monstrously, outpacing its creators’ intentions. Tim Carmody, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2025 Players who attempt to log in to the app now are met with an error message explaining the situation. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for error message 

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“Error message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/error%20message. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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