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incorrect

Syllables: in·cor·rect/ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/

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Australia/ˌɪn.kəˈɹekt/

incorrect adjective: not correct; erroneous or wrong.

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 computer crashed due to incorrect programming.
  3. Inappropriate or improper.

Noun

incorrect (plural incorrects)

  1. An item or response that is incorrect.
    • 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 ...2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching

incorrect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

incorrect in Hindi

erroneous
त्रुटिपूर्ण truṭipūrṇ

incorrect in Tamil

சரியில்லாத, தவறான, பிழைபட்ட

incorrect in Urdu

erroneous
غلط ġalat

incorrect in Bengali

ত্রুটিপূর্ণ, ভ্রমপূর্ণ, ভ্রমাত্মক, অনুচিত, অপভ্র্রষ্ট, অপ্রকৃত
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incorrect in Malayalam
ശരിയല്ലാത്തത്
incorrect in Kannada
ತಪ್ಪು
incorrect in Punjabi
خطا xat̤ā, ਖ਼ਤਾ xatā
incorrect in Odia
ଭୁଲ୍ bhul
incorrect in Malay
tidak betul, tidak benar
incorrect in Thai
ผิด pìt
incorrect in Vietnamese
không chính xác, sai, không đúng

Examples of incorrect in a sentence

  • This computer file is incorrect. Can we pull the old version from your backups?
  • This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser.
  • The word "geezer" is a politically incorrect term for an old person.

All 40 example sentences with incorrect

Antonyms of incorrect

Forms of incorrect

Adjective
comparativemore incorrect
superlativemost incorrect
Noun
pluralincorrects

Origin of incorrect

From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.

Words formed from incorrect

Words that rhyme with incorrect

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about incorrect

What does incorrect mean?
Incorrect means not correct; erroneous or wrong.
What is incorrect in Hindi?
Incorrect in Hindi is त्रुटिपूर्ण (truṭipūrṇ). See Incorrect meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is incorrect?
Incorrect can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce incorrect?
Incorrect is pronounced /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/ (UK).

Words near incorrect in the dictionary

  1. incorpse
  2. incorpsed
  3. incorpses
  4. incorpsing
  5. incorr.
  6. incorrect
  7. incorrected
  8. incorrection
  9. incorrections
  10. incorrectly
  11. incorrectness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: incorrect (page history and authors); incorrect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incorrect (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incorrect (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incorrect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خطا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଭୁଲ୍ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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