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uncorrect

uncorrect adjective: uncorrected; containing errors that an editor would correct.

Adjective

uncorrect (comparative more uncorrect, superlative most uncorrect)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) Uncorrected; containing errors that an editor would correct.
    • 1740. Lewis Theobald, "Preface" in The Works of Shakespeare: […] , Second Edition, Vol. I. London: H. Lintott et al.. p. 24 f.
      Hence, many Pieces were taken down in Short-hand, and imperfectly copied by Ear, from a Repreſentation: Others were printed from piece-meal Parts ſurreptitiouſly obtain'd...
  2. (archaic, nonstandard) incorrect; wrong
    • Pumpin' for somethin', some'll prosper, some fail
      Judges hangin' niggas, uncorrect bails for direct sails1994, Nas, “Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)”, in Illmatic

Forms of uncorrect

comparativemore uncorrect
superlativemost uncorrect

Origin of uncorrect

From un- + correct.

Words formed from uncorrect

Questions about uncorrect

What does uncorrect mean?
Uncorrect means uncorrected; containing errors that an editor would correct.
What part of speech is uncorrect?
Uncorrect is an adjective.

Words near uncorrect in the dictionary

  1. uncorporeality
  2. uncorpselike
  3. uncorpulent
  4. uncorraled
  5. uncorralled
  6. uncorrect
  7. uncorrectability
  8. uncorrectable
  9. uncorrected
  10. uncorrectedly
  11. uncorrectedness

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