literal error

Other forms: literal errors

Definitions of literal error
  1. noun
    a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
    synonyms: erratum, literal, misprint, typo, typographical error
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    type of:
    error, mistake
    part of a statement that is not correct
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