Incorrect
[ɪnkə'rekt] or [,ɪnkə'rɛkt]
Definition
(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.) (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles .
Typist: Osborn--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.
(a.) Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation.
(a.) Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct.
Checker: Williams
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Inexact, inaccurate, erroneous, false, untrue.[2]. Ungrammatical, faulty.
Checker: Trent
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CORRECT]
Typist: Stacey
Definition
adj. containing faults: not accurate: not correct in manner or character: (Shak.) not regulated.—adv. Incorrect′ly.—n. Incorrect′ness.
Checked by Keith
Examples
- But to use such an expression as trying to make a fantail is, I have no doubt, in most cases, utterly incorrect. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I gave him a very incorrect address, and his groom had on the following day failed to find me out. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Seeing our troops moving south was ocular proof that a part of her information was incorrect, and she asked me if my news from Sherman was true. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This estimate must be incorrect. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This, of course is a wholly incorrect expression, but it serves to acknowledge plainly our ignorance of the cause of each particular variation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Editor: Myra