incorrect
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1.4
- adjective
- /ˌɪn.kəˈrɛkt/
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incorrecto
- After reviewing the calculations, we found that the final answer was incorrect.
- an incorrect answer
- an incorrect response
- an incorrect choice
OK, The system was giving incorrect GPS locations.
- OK, The system was giving incorrect GPS locations.
- So I think it's not incorrect to think of collapse occurring.
- Well, that's not entirely incorrect, but it is certainly not the full story.
- I mean, they were just flooding the zone with incorrect information.
- It helps with ensuring that your code is not too incorrect.
- Having low fat substitutes for whole fat is incorrect.
- We have one answer correct here, one that is incorrect.
- So the marketing of this book, I think is incorrect.
- So it's both racist and factually incorrect.
Examples
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Your reports were incorrect.
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First, changing course implies an admission that the previous course was incorrect, and no administration likes to do that.
Academic text (2011) -
"Down" is an incorrect answer.
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I mean, they were just flooding the zone with incorrect information.
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Students received one point for correct answers and zero points for incorrect answers; the highest possible score was four.
Academic text (2011) -
OK, The system was giving incorrect GPS locations.
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My initial suspicions were incorrect.
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The locations of the correct and incorrect choices were randomized on each trial.
Academic text (1990) -
Once again, this is an incorrect citation, for the correct reference is Matthew 22:28.
Fiction book (1996) -
This is the clerk who fills out forms slightly incorrect and gums up the work.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not correct according to the facts or the answer
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1.0
Not true or correct
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3.4
Thinking something is true when it is not
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4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
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2.2
Not correct compared with the facts
41
6.7
Not correct because of a mistake
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3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
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Etymology
The word incorrect is made of the prefix in- meaning 'not' and the word correct meaning 'right' or 'without mistakes'. So incorrect literally means 'not right', which is why we use it for answers, sentences, or actions that have errors.