clerical error
clerical error · clerical errors
An error on the part of an office worker, often a secretary or personal assistantAn error on the part of an office worker, often a secretary or personal assistant.
» Maybe Tom made a clerical error.
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1 sensesAn error on the part of an office worker, often a secretary or personal assistant.
Examples
2 sentencesMaybe Tom made a clerical error.
The church's publication of a rant against same-sex marriage was clearly a clerical error.
Forms
plural: clerical errors| Singular | clerical error |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.