Vocabulary
Errant
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.
Urdu meaning
گمراہ، آوارہ، مہم جو ہانکا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The havoc that the deluge caused should have convinced us to change our errant ways.
- Aggrieved people those who pay taxes, direct and indirect go to the courts to seek redress against the wrongs committed by errant public functionaries.
- Errant anchors and journalists are no longer communicated with directly, unless they are already part of Team Power; power talks to their management instead.
- Soon, these troublemakers are identified and the management told that it would be better for, and more lucrative (in terms of the state advertisement kitty), if these errant journalists were dispensed with.
- Many credible sources argue that Iran was not pursuing the bomb, but this counts for little when the Empire decides that an errant nation must be `punished`.
Synonyms
misbehaving, offending, lawbreaking, guilty, culpable,criminal, delinquent, lawless
Antonyms
innocent, well behaved
Curator example
“an errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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