incorrect

English

Etymology

From Middle French incorrect, from Latin incorrectus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛkt/
• Rhymes: -ɛkt
• Hyphenation: in‧cor‧rect

Adjective

incorrect (comparative more incorrect, superlative most incorrect)

1. Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
   • He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
2. Faulty or defective.
   • The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
3. Inappropriate or improper.
   • He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary

Antonyms

• correct
• right
• proper

Derived terms

• incorrectly
• incorrectness

Translations

erroneous

• Asturian: incorreutu
• Bashkir: яңылыш (yañïlïš)
• Belarusian: няправільны (njapravilʹny)
• Catalan: incorrecte
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不對, 不对 (bù duì), 不正確, 不正确 (bù zhèngquè)

• Czech: nesprávný m
• Finnish: virheellinen
• Galician: incorrecto

• Irish: mícheart
• Italian: non corretto
• Malay: tidak betul, tidak benar
• Portuguese: incorreto (pt)
• Romanian: incorect (ro)
• Russian: неправильный (ru) (neprávil'nyj), неверный (ru) (nevérnyj)
• Spanish: incorrecto
• Swedish: felaktig (sv), inkorrekt (sv)
• Volapük: neverätik (vo)

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French

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Adjective

incorrect m (feminine incorrecte, masculine plural incorrects, feminine plural incorrectes)

1. incorrect (not correct)
2. incorrect (socially unacceptable)