adj
Meaning 1
Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
incorrect
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/
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Australian: /ˌɪn.kəˈɹekt/
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rhymes with -ɛkt
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adj
Meaning 2
Faulty or defective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Inappropriate or improper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An item or response that is incorrect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrong
Antonyms: correct
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; the wrong side of the road"
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he submitted a faulty report
- an incorrect transcription
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faulty, wrong
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
(of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
not in accord with established usage or procedure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the wrong medicine
- the wrong way to shuck clams
- it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrong
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սխալ (sxal) — erroneous
- Asturian: incorreutu — erroneous
- Bashkir: яңылыш (yañılış) — erroneous
- Belarusian: няпра́вільны (njaprávilʹny) — erroneous
- Bulgarian: неправилен (nepravilen) — erroneous
- Bulgarian: неверен (neveren) — erroneous
- Bulgarian: неточен (netočen) — erroneous
- Catalan: incorrecte — erroneous
- Chinese Mandarin: 不對 — erroneous
- Chinese Mandarin: 不对 (bù duì) — erroneous
- Chinese Mandarin: 不正確 — erroneous
- Chinese Mandarin: 不正确 (bù zhèngquè) — erroneous
- Czech: nesprávný — erroneous
- Dutch: incorrect — erroneous
- Esperanto: malĝusta — erroneous
- Finnish: virheellinen — erroneous
- Galician: incorrecto — erroneous
- Georgian: მცდარი (mcdari) — erroneous
- Georgian: არასწორი (arasc̣ori) — erroneous
- German: inkorrekt — erroneous
- Hindi: त्रुटिपूर्ण (truṭipūrṇ) — erroneous
- Hungarian: helytelen — erroneous
- Hungarian: téves — erroneous
- Hungarian: hibás — erroneous
- Irish: mícheart — erroneous
- Italian: errato — erroneous
- Italian: scorretto — erroneous
- Japanese: 間違った (machigatta) — erroneous
- Khmer: មិនត្រឹមត្រូវ (mɨn-trəm trəw) — erroneous
- Korean: 그른 (geureun) — erroneous
- Korean: 잘못된 (jalmotdoen) — erroneous
- Latin: perperus — erroneous
- Latvian: nepareizs — erroneous
- Latvian: kļūdains — erroneous
- Malay: tidak betul — erroneous
- Malay: tidak benar — erroneous
- Māori: muhu — erroneous
- Mongolian: буруу (buruu) — erroneous
- Occitan: incorrècte — erroneous
- Plautdietsch: faulsch — erroneous
- Polish: nieprawidłowy — erroneous
- Polish: niepoprawny — erroneous
- Polish: błędny — erroneous
- Portuguese: incorreto — erroneous
- Romanian: incorect — erroneous
- Russian: непра́вильный (neprávilʹnyj) — erroneous
- Russian: неве́рный (nevérnyj) — erroneous
- Slovak: nesprávny — erroneous
- Spanish: incorrecto — erroneous
- Swedish: felaktig — erroneous
- Swedish: inkorrekt — erroneous
- Thai: ผิด (pìt) — erroneous
- Tok Pisin: kranki — erroneous
- Ukrainian: непра́вильний (neprávylʹnyj) — erroneous
- Urdu: غلط (ġalat) — erroneous
- Venetan: sbajà — erroneous
- Venetan: sbaià — erroneous
- Vietnamese: không chính xác — erroneous
- Vietnamese: sai — erroneous
- Vietnamese: không đúng — erroneous
- Volapük: neverätik — erroneous
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