serious error

Frequency: 8.09.5 per million words

a bad or dangerous mistake

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Examples (10)

  • She made several serious errors during the race, which cost her the championship.
  • The accountant discovered a serious error in the company's financial statements.
  • Giving the patient the wrong medication was a serious error by the hospital staff.
  • The judge's ruling was overturned due to a serious error in legal procedure.
  • A single serious error in the code caused the entire software system to crash.
  • He later realized that not accepting the job offer had been a serious error in judgment.
  • Ignoring the contradictory data was a serious error that invalidated the study's conclusions.
  • It would be a serious error to underestimate the complexity of this project.
  • Historians now agree that the military campaign was a serious strategic error.
  • Failing to back up your data is a serious error that many people make.