incorrect
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛkt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹekt/
- Hyphenation: in‧cor‧rect
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Adjective edit
incorrect (comparative more incorrect, superlative most incorrect)
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
- Faulty or defective.
- The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
erroneous
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Noun edit
incorrect (plural incorrects)
- An item or response that is incorrect.
- 2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching:
- Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the ... If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or ...
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French incorrect, from Latin incorrēctus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incorrect (comparative incorrecter, superlative incorrectst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of incorrect | ||||
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uninflected | incorrect | |||
inflected | incorrecte | |||
comparative | incorrecter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | incorrect | incorrecter | het incorrectst het incorrectste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | incorrecte | incorrectere | incorrectste |
n. sing. | incorrect | incorrecter | incorrectste | |
plural | incorrecte | incorrectere | incorrectste | |
definite | incorrecte | incorrectere | incorrectste | |
partitive | incorrects | incorrecters | — |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁɛkt/
Audio (file) - Homophones: incorrecte, incorrects, incorrectes
Adjective edit
incorrect (feminine incorrecte, masculine plural incorrects, feminine plural incorrectes)
- (of language) incorrect (not correct)
- (of the execution of labor: a job, work of art, production, etc.) poorly made; made clumsily or carelessly; defective; shoddy, sloppy
- Synonyms: défectueux, mauvais
- incorrect (socially unacceptable); rude, impolite
- Synonym: indélicat
- (of a person)
- Synonyms: discourtois, grossier, impoli, inconvenant
- disloyal
- Synonyms: déloyal, indélicat, irrégulier
- improper, inappropriate (of a behavior)
- Synonyms: déplacé, désinvolte, discourtois, grossier, impoli, incongru, inconvenant, indélicat
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “incorrect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.