ERRED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

erred

verb

Definition of erred next

past tense of err

as in fumbled

to make a mistake we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance

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as in fell

to commit an offense when we err, we must be willing to accept the consequences

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Recent Examples of erred The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals responded a few days later by ruling the FDA erred by relaxing its regulations to allow for dispensing the pills by mail. —

Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 The organization claimed Republicans rushed the process and erred in assigning the neighborhood’s voting precinct to two congressional districts. —

Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026 Rogers argued that the commission erred in its findings, including by allegedly considering new evidence from Timeless in ways that were unfair to the process. —

Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026 Raiders leaders erred often in building last year’s team, but were rewarded with a top pick that will enable them to snag the only QB in this class who earned a first-round grade from most of the former NFL scouts in the media. —

Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 Their second thoughts are wise, but to have erred so badly, when so many other commentators and journalists saw the truth, disqualifies them from being taken seriously on politics again. —

David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026 Tuesday's announcement is part of a federal campaign to tackle waste, fraud and abuse in federal Medicaid and Medicare programs that so far has mostly targeted Democratic states — and at least once has erred in its accusations. —

ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 Blakey also erred in instructing the jury on the Travel Act by including as predicates state offenses that do not require a quid pro quo. —

Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 But those who in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made erroneous predictions of imminent mass starvation erred by underestimating the world‑changing potential of grasses. —

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The attempt to create a viable and vibrant residential hub arrives after years of neglect and fumbled strategies by the prior owner, an affiliate of Z&L Properties.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
The city fumbled the rollout of the parks bond and now the residents are paying — in both money and exasperation, Inserra noted.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026