serious error
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousanderror
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈer.ər/us/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofseriousanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofserious error
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To see why this is so consider the case where you become convinced that your cognitive faculties are in systematic andseriouserror.
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Introducing a treatment that is subsequently found to be less effective than the one it replaced will be seen as aseriouserror.
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One might be tempted to write off this confusion as harmless, but there is aseriouserrorin reasoning here.
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The mostseriouserroraffects this chapter.
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It is possible that unless the target form had a veryseriouserror, the tendency would be for the radiologist to agree with the output form.
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It seems to me that the moreseriouserrorarose after the original blood test.
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In my view, this would be aseriouserror.
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To reduce everything to goods and trade is aseriouserror.
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He was quite right not to do so then, and he has committed aseriouserrorin reversing that decision.
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He says, with modesty, that it is the mostseriouserrorof forecasting that he can recall.
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This was aseriouserror, and obviously there should have been a carried interest.
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In my belief, it is aseriouserror, a mistake, not to face that but, to some extent, to dodge it.
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This claim is based on aseriouserror.
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This appears to be aseriouserrorin the ratiocination of this letter of decision.
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I wish to raise an important point of order which, in my respectful submission, discloses aseriouserrorin procedure.
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He said that it was a veryseriouserrorof judgment.
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Seriouserroris defined as something which no responsible person, acting in good faith and with proper care, would reasonably do.
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Concerns about a doctor's performance could emerge from a number of sources even before aseriouserroror incident occurs.
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