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in·cor·rect

(ĭn′kə-rĕkt′)

adj.

1. Not correct; erroneous or wrong: an incorrect answer.

2. Defective; faulty: incorrect programming of the computer.

3. Improper; inappropriate: incorrect behavior.

in′cor·rect′ly adv.

in′cor·rect′ness n.

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incorrect

(ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt)

adj

1. false; wrong: an incorrect calculation.

2. not fitting or proper: incorrect behaviour.

ˌincorˈrectly adv

ˌincorˈrectness n

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in•cor•rect

(ˌɪn kəˈrɛkt)

adj.

1. not correct as to fact; inaccurate: an incorrect answer on a test.

2. improper; inappropriate: incorrect attire.

3. not correct in form, use, or manner.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]

in`cor•rect′ly, adv.

in`cor•rect′ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	incorrect - 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" wrong inaccurate - not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate" improper - not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course" false - not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" correct, right - free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
	2.	incorrect - not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"; "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts" wrong improper - not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course"
	3.	incorrect - (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles ill-formed, ungrammatical - not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage
	4.	incorrect - characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road" faulty, wrong inaccurate - not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"

incorrect

adjective

1. false, wrong, mistaken, flawed, faulty, unfitting, inaccurate, untrue, improper, erroneous, out, wide of the mark (informal), specious, inexact, off-base (U.S. & Canad. informal), off-beam (informal), way off-beam (informal) He denied that his evidence was incorrect.
false right, true, correct, accurate, exact, fitting, flawless, faultless

2. inappropriate, wrong, unsuitable, unfit, improper, unseemly, ill-suited, inapt injuries caused by incorrect posture
inappropriate appropriate, right, fitting, correct, suitable

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incorrect

adjective

Containing an error or errors:

erroneous, fallacious, false, inaccurate, mistaken, off, unsound, untrue, wrong.

Idioms: all wet, in error, off base, off the mark.

Translations

خَاطِئٌخاطئ، غَيْر مَضْبوطغَيْر صَحيح

nesprávnýnepřijatelný

ukorrektforkert

falsch fehlerhaft ungehörig unrichtig

λανθασμένος

incorrecto

virheellinen

incorrect inexact

netočan

nem helyes

óviîeigandirangur; ónákvæmur

scorretto vizioso difettoso fasullo infondato

不正確な

부정확한

neteisingumas

kļūdainsnekorektsnepareizs

incorrect

feilaktig uakseptabel

niepoprawny

incorreto

неверный

napačen

felaktig

ไม่ถูกต้อง

yanlış yersiz hatalı yakışıksız

không đúng

不正确的错误的不妥当的

incorrect

[ˌɪnkəˈrekt] ADJ

1. (= wrong) [answer, spelling] → incorrecto; [information, statement, assumption] → erróneo
it is incorrect to say that → es erróneo decir que ...
that is incorrect, you are wrong → no es cierto, usted se equivoca

2. (= bad) [posture, diet] → incorrecto, inadecuado

3. (= improper) [behaviour] → incorrecto, impropio; [dress] → inapropiado

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incorrect

[ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt] adj

[data, answer, information] → incorrect(e)

[size, posture] → incorrect(e)

[belief, assumption] → incorrect(e)

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incorrect

adj

(= wrong) → falsch; calculation → falsch, fehlerhaft; statement, assessment → falsch, unzutreffend, unrichtig; opinion → falsch, irrig; text → ungenau, fehlerhaft; incorrect diet → Fehlernährung f, → falsche Ernährung; that is incorrect → das stimmt nicht, das ist nicht richtig or wahr; you are incorrect → Sie irren sich, Sie haben unrecht; you are incorrect in your assumption → Sie irren sich in Ihrer Annahme; you are incorrect in thinking that … → Sie haben unrecht, wenn Sie denken, dass …

(= improper) behaviour → inkorrekt, nicht einwandfrei; dress → inkorrekt, falsch; it is incorrect to … → es ist nicht korrekt, zu …

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incorrect

[ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt] adj (statement, fact) → inesatto/a; (conclusion) → errato/a; (behaviour) → scorretto/a; (dress) → sconveniente
that is incorrect → questo è inesatto
you are incorrect in stating that ... → ti sbagli quando dici che...

incorrect

(inkəˈrekt) adjective

1. not accurate or correct; wrong. incorrect translation of a word.

2. (of behaviour etc) not acceptable; wrong.

ˌincorˈrectness noun

incorrect

→ خَاطِئٌ nesprávný ukorrekt falsch λανθασμένος incorrecto virheellinen incorrect netočan scorretto 不正確な 부정확한 incorrect feilaktig niepoprawny incorreto неверный felaktig ไม่ถูกต้อง yanlış không đúng 不正确的

incorrect

a. incorrecto-a, equivocado-a, errado-a, que requiere corrección.

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It has hitherto been supposed that the four men who were in the dingey perished, but this is incorrect. I have the best of evidence for this assertion: I was one of the four men.

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This last representation has since been proved incorrect. By inventories, it appears that their stock in hand for the supply of the interior posts, was superior to that of the Northwest Company; so that they had nothing to fear from competition.

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All these are not only incorrect, but the picture of the Mysticetus or Greenland whale (that is to say, the Right whale), even Scoresby, a long experienced man as touching that species, declares not to have its counterpart in nature.

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While that untrained voice, with its incorrect breathing and labored transitions, was sounding, even the connoisseurs said nothing, but only delighted in it and wished to hear it again.

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The hypothesis here to be defended says that this order of sequence is incorrect, that the one mental state is not immediately induced by the other, that the bodily manifestations must first be interposed between, and that the more rational statement is that we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble, and not that we cry, strike, or tremble, because we are sorry, angry, or fearful, as the case may be.

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As Ernest said, all that was the matter with him was that he had incorrect notions of biology and sociology, and because of his incorrect notions he had not gone about it in the right way to rectify matters.

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I doubt there is a man or a woman in Heidelberg who would not answer promptly and confidently three out of every five questions about the White Cap Corps which a stranger might ask; yet it is a very safe bet that two of the three answers would be incorrect every time.

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Here, then, are three sources of vague and incorrect definitions: indistinctness of the object, imperfection of the organ of conception, inadequateness of the vehicle of ideas.

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She went on, talking somewhat at random, now of the recent past, then of their first meeting and their marriage; but presently I began to form a fairly coherent picture of their lives; and it seemed to me that my surmises had not been incorrect. Mrs.

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Elizabethan prose, all too chaotic in the beauty and force which overflowed into it from Elizabethan poetry, and incorrect with an incorrectness which leaves it scarcely legitimate prose at all: then, in reaction against that, the correctness of Dryden, and his followers through the eighteenth century, determining the standard of a prose in the proper sense, not inferior to the prose of the Augustan age in Latin, or of the "great age in France": and, again in reaction against this, the wild mixture of poetry and prose, in our wild nineteenth century, under the influence of such writers as Dickens and Carlyle: such are the three periods into which the story of our prose literature divides itself.

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name (wolfman) is incorrect, for the creature is of the cat kind.

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This story shall draw a conclusion from it, and show at the same time that the premise is incorrect. That will be a new thing in logic, and a feat in story-telling somewhat older than the great wall of China.