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Incorrect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Incorrect? [adj] not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" [adj] not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to go out to work" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Incorrect: erroneous \| fallacious \| false \| inaccurate \| inappropriate \| mistaken \| wrong Related Terms \| Find terms related to Incorrect: aberrant \| abnormal \| abominable \| approximate \| approximative \| atrocious \| barbaric \| barbarous \| cacophonous \| careless \| clumsy \| coarse \| criminal \| crude \| delinquent \| deviant \| disgraceful \| doggerel \| Doric \| dysphemistic \| erroneous \| evil \| fallacious \| false \| faulty \| graceless \| gross \| hardly the thing \| harsh \| ignominious \| illegal \| imprecise \| improper \| impure \| in bad taste \| inaccurate \| inappropriate \| inconcinnate \| inconcinnous \| indecorous \| inelegant \| inexact \| infamous \| infelicitous \| lax \| loose \| low \| mistaken \| negligent \| not done \| not the thing \| off-base \| off-color \| out of line \| out of plumb \| out of square \| out of true \| outlandish \| out-of-line \| rude \| sacrilegious \| scandalous \| shameful \| shameless \| sinful \| slipshod \| slovenly \| solecistic \| specious \| tasteless \| terrible \| uncourtly \| uncouth \| undignified \| undue \| uneuphonious \| unfactual \| unfelicitous \| unfit \| unfitting \| ungraceful \| ungrammatic \| unlawful \| unpolished \| unprecise \| unrefined \| unrighteous \| unrigorous \| unseemly \| unsound \| unsuitable \| untrue \| vulgar \| wicked \| wrong \| wrongful See Also \| improper Incorrect In Webster's Dictionary \In`cor*rect"\, a. [L. incorrectus: cf. F. incorrect. See {In-} not, and {Correct}.] 1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. --Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct. It shows a will most incorrect to heaven. --Shak. The wit of the last age was yet more incorrect than their language. --Dryden. Syn: Inaccurate; erroneous; wrong; faulty.

Incorrect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incorrect?

[adj] not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
[adj] not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to go out to work"

See Also | improper

Incorrect In Webster's Dictionary

\In`cor*rect"\, a. [L. incorrectus: cf. F. incorrect.
See {In-} not, and {Correct}.]
1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to
   established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

         The piece, you think, is incorrect.   --Pope.

2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact;
   as, an incorrect statement or calculation.

3. Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or
   subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct.

         It shows a will most incorrect to heaven. --Shak.

         The wit of the last age was yet more incorrect than
         their language.                       --Dryden.

Syn: Inaccurate; erroneous; wrong; faulty.

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