Definition of Incorrect

1. Adjective. Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth. "Based on the wrong assumptions"

Exact synonyms: Wrong
Attributes: Correctness, Rightness
Also: Inaccurate, Improper, False
Similar to: Erroneous, Fallacious, False, Mistaken
Antonyms: Correct, Right
Derivative terms: Incorrectness, Incorrectness, Wrongness

2. Adjective. Not in accord with established usage or procedure. "It is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts"
Exact synonyms: Wrong
Similar to: Improper

3. Adjective. (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles.

4. Adjective. Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules. "The wrong side of the road"
Exact synonyms: Faulty, Wrong
Similar to: Inaccurate
Derivative terms: Fault, Faultiness

Definition of Incorrect

1. a. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

Definition of Incorrect

1. Adjective. Not correct; erroneous or wrong. ¹

2. Adjective. Faulty or defective. ¹

3. Adjective. Inappropriate or improper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incorrect

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incorrect

incorporative
incorporator
incorporators
incorporeal
incorporealism
incorporealist
incorporealists
incorporeality
incorporeally
incorporeities
incorporeity
incorpse
incorpsed
incorpses
incorpsing
incorrect (current term)
incorrected
incorrection
incorrections
incorrectly
incorrectness
incorrectnesses
incorrespondence
incorrespondences
incorrespondency
incorresponding
incorrigibility
incorrigible
incorrigibleness
incorrigibles

Literary usage of Incorrect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1885)
"incorrect reports of the battle of Shiloh—Halleck assumes command in th« ... incorrect accounts were circulated throughout the North; those who had seen ..."

2. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"... freer use of the movable nu than was made, according to the prevalent, but incorrect, theories as to their diction, by the first writers of Ionic prose. ..."

3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1917)
"They tested 16638 weights, of which 15.23% were incorrect; 12645 dry measures were tested, of which 15.03% were incorrect; 8735 liquid measures were tested, ..."

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