Errant - English meaning

adjective

Departing from an accepted standard.

Usage examples:

This somewhat aberrant behaviour requires an explanation

adjective

Different from what is typical or usual, especially in an unacceptable way

Usage examples:

Aberrant behaviour/sexuality

noun

A person who has committed a crime.

Usage examples:

These men are dangerous criminals

adjective

Relating to crime.

Usage examples:

They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage

adjective

Involving or having the character of a crime

Usage examples:

She may face criminal charges for lying to a grand jury., he had an extensive criminal record (= an…

adjective

Deserving blame.

Usage examples:

Mercy killings are less culpable than ‘ordinary’ murders

adjective

Deserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad

Usage examples:

The landowner could be proved culpable for starting the fire., he strongly denies any culpability i…

adjective

(typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

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Delinquent teenagers

noun

A delinquent person.

Usage examples:

Juvenile delinquents

adjective

Late in paying money owed

Usage examples:

She was delinquent in paying her taxes.

adjective

Departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour.

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Deviant behaviour

noun

A deviant person or thing.

Usage examples:

Killers, deviants, and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension

adjective

Differing from the accepted standard

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

Usage examples:

She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

Usage examples:

It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Needing skill or effort

Usage examples:

A difficult problem/choice/task/language, [ + to infinitive ] it will be very difficult to prove th…

adjective

Carried slowly by a current of air or water.

Usage examples:

A drifting ocean liner

verb

Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.

Usage examples:

The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream

adjective

Moving slowly, usually with no one or nothing controlling the direction

Usage examples:

He fell asleep at the wheel of the drifting ship., dark, drifting clouds covered the moon., the dri…

adjective

Having failed to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; having done wrong.

Usage examples:

The strictest possible action should be taken against the erring officials

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

verb

Present participle of err

adjective

Buoyant or suspended in water or air.

Usage examples:

A floating platform

verb

Rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.

Usage examples:

She relaxed, floating gently in the water

adjective

Not fixed in one position, place, or level

Usage examples:

The city has a large floating population (= people who move around a lot)., the bank has offered us…

adjective

Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of manslaughter

adjective

If you feel guilty, you feel that you have done something wrong

Usage examples:

I feel so guilty about forgetting your birthday.

adjective

Travelling from place to place.

Usage examples:

Itinerant traders

noun

A person who travels from place to place.

Usage examples:

A party of itinerants travelling in around 24 vehicles arrived at the factory on sunday evening.

adjective

(of a person) traveling from one place to another, usually to work for a short period

Usage examples:

Itinerant farm workers

verb

Travel somewhere.

Usage examples:

They journeyed south

noun

An act of travelling from one place to another.

Usage examples:

An eight-hour train journey

verb

Present participle of journey

Usage examples:

As we journeyed south, the landscape became drier and rockier.

adjective

Not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order.

Usage examples:

A lawless region where peace never really took hold

adjective

Not permitted by law or not obeying the law; illegal

Usage examples:

The territory was once speckled with ranches and lawless towns.

verb

(of a person, especially a child) fail to conduct oneself in an acceptable way; behave badly.

Usage examples:

Josh misbehaved, pushing his food off the table

verb

Present participle of misbehave

Usage examples:

I was always getting in trouble for misbehaving at school., if computer circuits are allowed to ove…

adjective

Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.

Usage examples:

Mischievous children

adjective

Causing problems or displeasure.

Usage examples:

She eliminated the offending foods from her diet

verb

Cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful.

Usage examples:

17 per cent of viewers said they had been offended by bad language

adjective

Guilty of a crime or wrong action

Usage examples:

The worst offending companies received large fines., the offending item/material/object the company…

idiom

Very busy or active

Usage examples:

Elise is always on the go.

idiom

To be physically active

Usage examples:

I've been on the move all day and i'm really tired., we're going to be on the move all next week, b…

phrase

A bird that is on the wing is flying

Usage examples:

When they are on the wing, you can really see their dramatic markings., geese make a very distincti…

adjective

Travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods.

Usage examples:

The peripatetic nature of military life

noun

A person who travels from place to place, especially a teacher who works in more than one school or college.

Usage examples:

Peripatetics have been cut under local management of schools

adjective

(of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential.

Usage examples:

A rambling six-hour speech

noun

The activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure.

Usage examples:

A rambling club

verb

Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing

adjective

Unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.

Usage examples:

The audience grew restless and inattentive

adjective

Moving because you are unable to relax, esp. because you are worried or bored, or (of an activity) having a lot of movement as a characteristic

Usage examples:

He dozed off to a restless sleep., the audience began to get restless., the opposition parties prov…

adjective

Moving about aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Roaming herds of reindeer

noun

The practice of using a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad.

Usage examples:

Eu officials have been cutting the fees companies can charge for roaming

verb

Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Tigers once roamed over most of asia

adjective

(of a plant) not having roots.

Usage examples:

A rootless flowering plant

adjective

Having no family origins or connections, or having no feeling of belonging to a particular place

adjective

Constantly moving from one area or place to another.

Usage examples:

The fragments of pottery were believed to belong to a community of roving hunter-gatherers

noun

A sliver of cotton, wool, or other fibre, drawn out and slightly twisted, especially preparatory to spinning.

Usage examples:

The energy used to create the fibers - it starts with a plant, then the cords are removed, the mate…

verb

Travel constantly without a fixed destination; wander.

Usage examples:

He spent most of the 1990s roving about the caribbean

verb

Commit a sin.

Usage examples:

I sinned and brought shame down on us

noun

An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

Usage examples:

A sin in the eyes of god

abbreviation

Sine.

verb

Make a tour of (an area).

Usage examples:

He decided to tour france

noun

A journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited.

Usage examples:

A motoring tour of scotland

noun

A journey made by performers or a sports team, in which they perform or play in several different places.

Usage examples:

Ireland's eight-match tour of new zealand

verb

Go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable).

Usage examples:

She had transgressed an unwritten social law

verb

Present participle of transgress

Usage examples:

Those are the rules, and anyone who transgresses will be severely punished.

adjective

Going or being transported from place to place.

Usage examples:

A travelling exhibition of dutch 17th-century masterpieces

noun

The action or activity of going from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Usage examples:

One thing i've learned from travelling is that you have to respect other countries

verb

Go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Usage examples:

The vessel had been travelling from libya to ireland

adjective

Causing difficulty or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Schools are removing troublesome pupils

adjective

Causing worry or anxiety

Usage examples:

The troublesome fact is that we haven’t gotten much done., his back has been troublesome for quite …

adjective

Difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control.

Usage examples:

His behaviour was becoming unmanageable at home

adjective

Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control.

Usage examples:

A group of unruly children

adjective

Difficult to control or manage

Usage examples:

Her unruly behavior caused chaos in class.

adjective

Lacking order or stability.

Usage examples:

An unsettled childhood

verb

Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb.

Usage examples:

The crisis has unsettled financial markets

adjective

Tending to change suddenly; not having a regular pattern

Usage examples:

Things are unsettled in the state’s political arena., the forecast is for unsettled weather, with m…

verb

Go on a voyage.

Usage examples:

He spent part of his life voyaging along the south african coast

noun

A long journey involving travel by sea or in space.

Usage examples:

His voyage to america

adjective

Travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant.

Usage examples:

A wandering preacher

verb

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.

Usage examples:

I wandered through the narrow streets

adjective

(of a person) travelling on foot.

Usage examples:

A wayfaring stranger

noun

The action of travelling by foot.

Usage examples:

We had, as a tribe, sat in a circle and told the harrowing stories of our wayfaring members and i t…

noun

A small tree or large shrub (= bush) that is deciduous (= it loses its leaves in winter) and has small white flowers in groups and red fruit. it often grows in hedges (= a line of bushes or small trees planted very close together, especially along the edge of a garden, field, or road) and is found in parts of africa, asia, and europe

Usage examples:

The wayfaring tree viburnum lantana is found in southern britain, usually in old hedges and on the …