incorrect Definition
in·cor·rect (in′kə rekt′)
adjective
not correct; specif.,
- improper
- untrue; inaccurate; wrong; faulty
Etymology: ME < L incorrectus
incorrect Related Forms
in′·cor·rect′ly adverb
in′·cor·rect′·ness noun
incorrect Synonyms
incorrect Usage Examples
Preposition: in
way: Today it may well be regarded as politically incorrect in some ways.
Infinitive complement
- assume: It is quite incorrect to assume that this art form is an activity only for children.
- say: Strictly speaking it is incorrect to say that the single individual ` thinks ' .
- claim: I think it is clearly incorrect to claim that selling MP3s is bad business.
Modifies a noun
- spelling: The incorrect spelling here is probably due to Bevan being a local name in the Forest.
- assumption: If this is an incorrect assumption, please don't despair!
- positioning: Incorrect positioning of buckets or artificial teats can also cause digestive disorders, leading to diarrhea.
- diagnosis: In some cases patients can be treated for long periods with antidepressants or other medications when an incorrect psychiatric diagnosis is made.
- answer: I'm pleased to say that there were no incorrect answers!
- conclusion: Does incorrect conclusion about the imprint on a t-shirt cast doubt on the rest of analysis?
Modifying Another Word
- factually: And yet the majority of Britons hold firm and, as the poll showed, factually incorrect, beliefs about asylum seekers.
- politically: I suspect it would deemed politically incorrect to admit being wrong.
- grammatically: Personally, there's nothing that dents my confidence more in an online business than poorly written, grammatically incorrect, misspelt copy.
- syntactically: On encountering a syntactically incorrect clause then an error message will be printed.
- demonstrably: Elsewhere, the authorsâ transcription of original sources is poor, demonstrably incorrect or inconsistent.
- technically: While technically incorrect, it is popularly used in a great deal of published literature.
Used with adjective complement
- prove: In most cases, then, predictions based on animal experiments proved incorrect.
- deem: I suspect it would deemed politically incorrect to admit being wrong.
- consider: The measurements supplied are for general guidance and as such must be considered incorrect.
- cause: This caused incorrect derived rates for England and some of the sub-national areas ( e.g.
Browse dictionary entries near incorrect
- ‹ incorporeity
- ‹ incorporeal
- ‹ incorporator
- ‹ incorporation
- ‹ incorporated
- ‹ incorporate
- ‹ incorporable
- ‹ incorp
- ‹ incoordination
- ‹ incoordinate

