gross error

collocation in English

meaningsofgrossanderror

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations witherror.
gross
adjective
adverb
uk
/ɡrəʊs/us
/ɡroʊs/
(in) ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofgrossanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgross error

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Yet many people would still class the usage as agrosserror.
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Lack of detailed metric information does make the system vulnerable togrosserror.
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If not, does she not consider that she made agrosserrorof judgment in failing to take preventive action in time?
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His bombastic utterances at 8.30 do not in the least excuse thegrosserrorof judgment he committed at twelve o'clock last night.
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I have seen it stated that we made agrosserror.
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I quite agree that it was agrosserror.
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But if it is not a decision in favour of selective support and conscious intervention, it is agrosserror.
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A system of justice that makes no provision for correcting a manifestgrosserroris clearly a deficient system.
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I believe that the measure will be seen to be anothergrosserror.
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He made agrosserrorof judgment and achieved nothing.
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That was thegrosserrorthat he made.
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I regard that view as agrosserror.
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I was trying to be polite, but it seems to have been agrosserror.
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Moreover, it is agrosserrorto class all independent retailers together.
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It might even be that the body had made agrosserrorin law.
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The prerogative writ is available if agrosserrorof principle or law is made.
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This was agrosserrorof judgment and taste.
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To my way of thinking, that was agrosserror.
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The changes now proposed to be made are frank admissions ofgrosserror, and in most, if not in all, cases they do not go far enough.
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That is agrosserror.
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