Erroneous vs Unsolicited - What's the difference?
erroneous | unsolicited |
Containing an error; inaccurate.
* His answer to the sum was erroneous .
Derived from an error.
* His conclusion was erroneous as it was based on a false assumption.
Mistaken.
* His choice at the line-up was erroneous as he had only seen the mugger for an instant.
(legal) signifies a deviation from the requirements of the law, but does not connote a lack of legal authority, and is thus distinguished from illegal.
* If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously .
Not requested, welcome or invited.
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As adjectives the difference between erroneous and unsolicited
is that erroneous is containing an error; inaccurate while unsolicited is not requested, welcome or invited.erroneous
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(en adjective)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "erroneous" is often applied: impression, assumption, belief, conclusion, statement, idea, data, view, opinion, judgment, notion, decision, interpretation, diagnosis, conception, theory, reading, instruction, ruling, assessment, doctrine, advice, value, application, thinking, perception, principle, concept, action, description, record, determination, teaching, inference, premise, conviction, reasoning, argument, exclusion, calculation, inclusion, treatment, deductions, analysis.Synonyms
* (containing an error) inaccurate, incorrect, wrong * (derived from an error) fallacious, false, faulty, flawed * (mistaken) mistaken, wrong *Derived terms
* erroneously * erroneousnessSee also
* fallaciousunsolicited
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(en adjective)citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
