egregious error

Frequency: 7.00.1 per million words

a very bad or noticeable mistake

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Examples (20)

  • The report was full of egregious errors, making it completely unreliable.
  • The lawyer's failure to present key evidence was an egregious error that cost his client the case.
  • The lawyer pointed out an egregious error in the prosecution's case.
  • Publishing the unverified financial report was an egregious error in judgment by the CEO.
  • Historians now agree that invading at that time was an egregious error of judgment.
  • The historian's book was discredited after critics pointed out a series of egregious errors in its sourcing.
  • Miscalculating the budget by millions was an egregious error that cost the company dearly.
  • Miscalibrating the instrument led to an egregious error in the experimental results.
  • Leaving out the key data was an egregious error in his scientific paper.
  • Ignoring the warnings from his advisors turned out to be an egregious error for the senator.
  • He had made an egregious error by trusting the unverified source.
  • It would be an egregious error to ignore such a critical security flaw in the system.
  • It was an egregious error to assume the system was secure without proper testing.
  • He has made an egregious error by trusting a known con artist with his life savings.
  • Such an egregious error cannot be overlooked and requires a formal apology.
  • The judge stated, "This oversight is not a minor mistake; it is an egregious error of procedure."
  • An egregious error was made by the accounting department, leading to a major financial investigation.
  • An egregious error in data handling can lead to severe privacy breaches and legal consequences.
  • How could the editor miss such an egregious error in the headline?
  • Committing such an egregious error will almost certainly lead to his dismissal from the company.