Incorrect

Definition: Incorrect

Incorrect

Adjective

1. 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".

2. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "incorrect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

Etymology: Incorrect \In`cor*rect"\, adjective. [Latin expression incorrectus: compare to the French expression incorrect. See In- not, and Correct.]. (references)

Synonyms: Incorrect

Error

Inexact, unexact inaccurate, incorrect; indefinite; (uncertain).

Misjudgment

Ignorance. erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error).

Reasoning,

Unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, not following; inconsequent, inconsequential; inconsistent; absonous, absonant; unscientific; untenable, inconclusive, incorrect; fallacious, fallible; groundless, unproved; non sequitur.

Solecism

Adjective: ungrammatical; incorrect, inaccurate; faulty; improper, incongruous; solecistic, solecistical.

Vice

Adjective: vicious; sinful; sinning;Verb: wicked, iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal; naughty, incorrect; unduteous, undutiful.

Crosswords: Incorrect

French (false, faulty, improper, incorrect, indecorous, inexact, untrue, wrong).

Incorrect Marge, two perfectly good jackets (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

The man's sign is incorrect. I have in the past noticed a marked discrepancy between these post office signs and the activities carried on beneath (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

The Absolutely Outrageous Adventures of the Politically Incorrect Bikini Babes of Arizona (1997)

Politically Incorrect (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic (reference)

• Dating for Losers, for Men Only: An Uncensored Politically Incorrect Self-Help Guide to Meeting and Dating Women (reference)

• Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture (reference)

• Murderously Incorrect (reference)

• The Politically Incorrect Cheese Weasel (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Operatically Incorrect (reference)

• Musically Incorrect (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Camp at St. Francis -- cabins and showers Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter Caption indicating St. Francis, Nebraska, is incorrect. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Line engraving published in the "Hibernian Magazine", Dublin, Ireland, August 1776. As with most contemporary "Hibernian Magazine" portraits, this is probably a purely fanciful representation of the subject. The engraver also provided an incorrect forename for Hopkins. Credit: NAVY.

Photographed circa 1894-99. Identification on the original photo of this ship as Cincinnati is incorrect. Details of bow decoration confirm that this cruiser is really Raleigh. Credit: NAVY.

Chart showing the positions of ships inside Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese Attack, at about 0800 on 7 December. The orientation of the compass direction arrow in the chart's center is turned approximately 45 degrees too far in a counterclockwise direction. Some of the ships moored in "nests" in the northern part of the harbor are listed in incorrect order. Credit: NAVY.

Plaque in his honor, erected at the Submarine Library, Groton, Connecticut, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1960. He was one of the designers of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley (1863-1864) and lost his life in her on 15 October 1863. The 1828 birth date given on the plaque is incorrect. Credit: NAVY.

Safe clothes for women war workers. Applying for a standard uniform at the Bendix supply center, Eunice Kimball is given a company uniform to replace her own incorrect costume. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Of those who are wrong, VIS INERTIAE has sent in a piece of incorrect working

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Specifically, the disorder causes a person's writing to be distorted or incorrect. (references)

Scientists believe the thymus gland may give incorrect instructions about the production of the acetylcholine receptor antibodies, thereby setting the stage for the attack on neuromuscular transmission. (references)

RMDs may be caused by overexertion, incorrect posture, muscle fatigue, compression of nerves or tissue, too many uninterrupted repetitions of an activity or motion, or friction caused by an unnatural or awkward motion such as twisting the arm or wrist. (references)

Economic History

Nigeria

Some U.S. companies are excluding Nigeria from their African commercial strategy based on alarmist, misleading and often incorrect information, and may miss out on good commercial opportunities as a consequence. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

The Ministries of Justice and Interior issued a joint statement that the newspaper accounts were illegal and incorrect. (references)

Kazakhstan

Both the Presidential Commission on Human Rights and the NGO Kazakhstan Human Rights Bureau stated that the previous information was incorrect, and that the youth did not die from his self-inflicted injuries and is alive. (references)

Political Economy

Singapore

During the campaign, Chee issued a public apology, admitting that he had made incorrect statements of fact. (references)

ITALY

Rulings by individual local customs authorities can be arbitrary or incorrect, resulting in denial or delays of U.S. exports' entry into the country. (references)

Trade

Colombia

The absence of clear procedures to solve the problem of incorrect import documentation continues to be a barrier of sorts. (references)

Travel

Spain

If you do not carry an international telephone card, you may also reach the local international directory by dialing 025. Due to recent changes in the network, older telephone numbers may be incomplete or incorrect. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "incorrect": incorrect assumptions error ♦ incorrect dispatch ♦ incorrect modulation ♦ incorrect restitution ♦ politically incorrect. Additional references.

Afrikaans

onjuis (erroneous, mistaken, wrong). (various references)

Albanian

i pasaktë (erroneous, fallible, false, improper, inaccurate, inexact, inexplicit, lax, untrue, vague), i parregullt (abnormal, erratic, inconsistent, irregular, out), i gabuar (Amiss, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, ill-judged, improper, mistaken, peccant, perverse, untrue, wet, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فيه شوائب, ‏فاسد (abusive, bad, corrupt, decadent, decayed, decomposed, degenerated, depraved, disintegrated, evil, false, foul, immoral, infected, invalid, null, perverse, pervertible, putrid, rogue, rotten, spoiled, unsound, vain, vicious, void, wicked, wrong), ‏ناقص (amiss, bid, defective, deficient, deprecatory, faulty, imperfect, inchoate, incomplete, insufficient, minus, nude, odd, reducible, revoked, scant, sketchy, truncate, unfinished, wanting), ‏غير صحيح (erroneous, improper, indecorous, inexact, mistaken, unchecked, unsound, untrue, untruthful), ‏غير دقيق (inaccurate, inexact, loose, looseness, unfaithful, untrue), ‏خاطئ (amiss, erring, erroneous, false, faulty, improper, inaccurate, mistaken, wrong). (various references)

Bulgarian 

неточен (improper, inaccurate, indefinite, inexact, lax, loose, unfaithful, untrue, wide, wrong), некоректен (indecorous), неверен (disloyal, faithless, false, false-hearted, inconstant, mendacious, mock, perfidious, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue, wrongful), неправилен (abnormal, anomalous, awry, defective, erroneous, false, faulty, improper, injudicious, irregular, lame, mis-, mistaken, unequal, unfair, untrue, vicious, wrongful), неподходящ (ill-suited, improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelative, irrelevant, out of place, unadapted, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncongenial, undignified, undue, unequal, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untoward, wrong), погрешен (awry, erroneous, false, faulty, illegitimate, improper, inaccurate, mis-, misguided, mistaken, off beat, perverse, unsound, untrue, vicious, wonky, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Chinese 

不确切 (inexact), 不對 (abnormal, amiss, queer, wrong). (various references)

Czech

nesprávný (false, faulty, improper, inaccurate, out, untrue, wrong), nepřesný (impressionistic, inaccurate, inexact, looking forward, unfaithful, untrue, vague, woolly), nekorektní, chybný (erroneous, false, faulty, inaccurate, lapsed, vicious, wrong). (various references)

Danish

urigtige eller ufuldstændige oplysninger (incorrect or incomplete information), urigtig angivelse (false declaration, incorrect declaration), ukorrekt transformering (incorrect transposal), ukorrekt taksering (incorrect charging), ukorrekt passiv test (incorrect passive test), ukorrekt anvendelse (incorrect application), ukorrekt adresse (incorrect address), forsætligt indgive urigtig selvangivelse (fraudulently making an incorrect return), forkert funktion af et relæ (incorrect operation of a relay), flamme der som foelge af aendring i blandingsforholdet er gaaet ud af indstilling (incorrect flame), fejlagtig dirigering (incorrect routing), et relæ med forkert funktion (incorrect operation of a relay), dokument med urigtige oplysninger (document which contains incorrect particulars). (various references)

Dutch

verkeerd (bad, by mistake, erroneous, miserable, mistaken, nasty, poor, wrong), onjuist (erroneous, mistaken, wrong), mis (mass, wrong), fout (aberration, erroneous, error, mistake, mistaken, wrong). (various references)

Esperanto

malĝusta (wrong). (various references)

Farsi 

معیوب (Incomplete), ناقص (Half, Halfbaked, Imperfect, Incomplete, Malformed, Mutilate, Rudimentary, Sketchy, Skimpy, Unperfect, Violator), ناجور (Away, Cockeyed, Disparate, Dissimilar, Dissonant, Heterogeneous, Inapplicable, Inappropriate, Inconsistent, Inept, Misfit, Piebald, Sorry, Uneven), ناراست , نادرست (Amiss, Dishonest, Erroneous, False, Foul, Imprecise, Impure, Inaccurate, Inexact, Jackleg, Sinister, Spurious, Unfair, Unsound, Untrue, Vicious), غیردقیق (Imprecise), غلطدار, غلط (Amiss, Awry, Erroneous, Error, False, Foul, Inaccuracy, Inaccurate, Phony, Unsound), تصحیح نشده . (various references)

Finnish

virheellinen (erroneous, faulty, inaccurate, wrong), väärä (bent, crooked, false, faulty, mis, twisted, unfair, untrue, wrong, wrongful), erheellinen (erroneous, misleading). (various references)

French

incorrect (indecorous, inexact). (various references)

German

unrichtig (false, inaccurate, inaccurately, incorrectly, untrue), inkorrekt (incorrectly, untrue), falsch (bogus, cattish, cattishly, counterfeit, deceitful, erroneous, fake, false, falsely, fictitious, forged, imitation, improper, incorrectly, insincere, loaded, mistaken, nonfactual, off-key, phoney, phony, pseudo, put on, sham, spurious, unsounded, untrue, wrong, wrongly), fehlerhaft (defective, erroneous, false, faultily, faulty, flawed, imperfect, incorrectly, mistakenly, poor, substandard). (various references)

Greek 

εσφαλμένοσ (false, misguided, mistaken, wrong), λάθος (error, false, fault, lapse, mistake, wrong), ανακριβήσ (inaccurate, inexact). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא נכון (wrong), בלתי נכון (irregular). (various references)

Hungarian

helytelen (bad, barbarism, ill-judged, improper, inaccurate, inexact, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unfair, unwarrantable, wrong). (various references)

Indonesian

salah (demerit, false, off, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Italian

infondato (baseless, groundless, unfounded, unsubstantiated, visionary), inesatto (inaccurate, inexact, wrong), scorretto (foul, impolite, rude, unfair, vicious, wrong), fasullo (counterfeit, false, phoney, spoof, unsounded, wrong), difettoso (bad, defective, deficient, erroneous, faulty, flawed, imperfect, wrong). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

誤挿入 (incorrect insertion), 誤報 (incorrect report, misinformation), 間違う　 (to be incorrect, to be mistaken, to make a mistake), 間違う (to be incorrect, to be mistaken, to make a mistake), 嘘字 (incorrect character), 嘘 (falsehood, inappropriate, incorrect fact, lie), 合わない答え (incorrect answer). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まちがう (to be incorrect, to be mistaken, to make a mistake), うそじ (incorrect character), うそ (falsehood, inappropriate, incorrect fact, lie), ごそうにゅう (incorrect insertion), ごほう (defense of the constitution or religious doctrines, diction, grammar, incorrect report, misinformation, noon gun, syntax), あわないこたえ (incorrect answer). (various references)

Korean 

부정확한 (imprecise, inaccurate). (various references)

Manx

neuyesh (clumsy, improper, inapplicable, incongruous, inelegant, unbecoming, undesirable), neureajagh (disordered, disorderly, indiscreet), neuchiart (amiss, inexact, not level, partial), anchiart (iniquitous, morally unequal). (various references)

Norwegian

uriktig. (various references)

Pig Latin

incorrectay.(various references)

Polish

niewłaściwy (wrong). (various references)

Portuguese

incorreto (hit-and-miss, impolite, improper, inaccurate, inurbane, loose, rude, unbusinesslike, uncivil, untrue, wrong), inexato (hit-and-miss, improper, inaccurate, inexact, unfaithful, untrue, wrong). (various references)

Romanian

inexact (improper, inaccurate, inexact, loose, out of square, wrong), incorect (bad, deceitful, dishonest, false, foul, improper, inaccurate, inexact, obliquitous, wrong, wrongful), nepotrivit (awkward, bad, discordant, dissonant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, inconsistent, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insufficient, intrusive, irrelevant, malapropos, misbecoming, off color, off colour, out of character, out of date, out of point, timeless, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unequal, unfit, unmeet, unseasonable, untimely, unwarranted), neadevãrat (false, truthless, untrue), greşit (abroad, Amiss, astray, awry, bad, badly, erroneous, erroneously, fallacious, false, faultily, faulty, misled, mistaken, out of square, perverse, spurious, unfair, unjust, unlawful, vicious, wrong, wrongheaded). (various references)

Russian 

неправильный (anomalous, defective, faulty, improper, inaccurate, irregular, lame, no valid, off-beam, perverse, untrue, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

netačan (inaccurate, inexact, non-punctual, off, unpunctual, unsound, wrong), neispravan (faulty, improper, inoperative, unlawful), naopak (topsy turvy). (various references)

Spanish

incorrecto (improper, inaccurate, mistaken, wrong). (various references)

Swedish

oriktig (erroneous, faulty, improper, inaccurate, inexact, wrong), felaktig (defective, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, improper, inaccurate, irregular, mistaken, vicious, wrong). (various references)

Turkish

yanlış (Amiss, corrigendum, errant, erroneous, error, fallacy, false, fault, improper, inaccuracy, inaccurate, inadvisable, inexact, lapse, mis-, miscue, mistake, mistaken, untrue, wrong, wrongly, wry), uygunsuz (derogatory, illegitimate, impolitic, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inconvenient, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, ineligible, inexpedient, infelicitous, malapropos, near the knuckle, obnoxious, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncalled for, unchristian, uncomely, unhandsome, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong), münasebetsiz (gauche, impertinent, improper, inapposite, inexpedient, inopportune, malapropos, near the knuckle, unhappy, unseemly, untimely), hatalı (Amiss, delinquent, errant, erring, erroneous, false, faulty, illegitimate, improper, inaccurate, inexact, mistaken, out, solecistic, unsound, wet, wrong). (various references)

Turkmen 

ters (cool, false, uneven), nдdogry.Turkmen/English Dictionary 94. (various references)

Ukrainian

неточний (careless, fast, hit-and-miss, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, out, unfaithful), некоректний, неправильний (anomalous, awry, bad, barbarous, illegitimate, improper, irregular, unequal, unfair, unlawful, untrue, wrong, wrongful). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không chỉnh (improper, unseemly), không đúng (inaccurate, inexact, out-of-truth, untrue, wrong, wrongly). (various references)

Welsh

gwallus (faulty, inaccurate), anghywir (false, inaccurate, wrong). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "incorrect": incorrectly, incorrectness, incorrectnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Incorrect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Icorec, incorrects. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: concerti, necrotic, tricorne.

-2 letters: centric, cerotic, cointer, conceit, concert, cornice, cornier, correct, crocein, crocine, noticer, orectic, tricorn.

-3 letters: cicero, citron, coiner, corner, cornet, corrie, cortin, cretic, cretin, erotic, ironer, noetic, norite, notice, orcein, orient, orrice, recoin, rector, retorn, rioter, tonier.

-4 letters: cento, cerci, ceric, citer, conic, conte, corer, crier, croci, crone, crore, inert, inter.

+1 letter: correcting, correction.

+2 letters: acrocentric, areocentric, centromeric, corrections, incorrectly.

+3 letters: accretionary, acrocentrics, androcentric, chronometric, correctional, countercries, trochanteric.

+4 letters: concretionary, gerontocratic, incarceration, incorrectness, intercortical, micropuncture, preconcerting, reciprocating, reciprocation, recirculation.

+5 letters: adrenocortical, chronometrical, concertmeister, corticosterone, corynebacteria, gerontocracies, incarcerations, micropunctures, overcorrecting, overcorrection, parthenocarpic, reciprocations, recirculations, reconciliatory, reconsecrating, reconsecration, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructive.