See Also: incorrect(dictionary)
incorrect(dictionary)
politically incorrect(dictionary)

incorrect (iou)



incorrect adjective. LME.
[French, or Latin incorrectus, formed as IN-3 + CORRECT adjective.]
gen. Uncorrected. LME-E17.
Of a book: not corrected for the press; containing many errors. L15.
Of style, behaviour, etc.: improper, faulty. L17.
T. Medwin According to..Brummel, it is highly incorrect to be helped a second time to soup.
Of a statement, description, etc.: erroneous, inaccurate. E19.
J. H. Shorthouse That lazy facility which always gives a meaning, though often an incorrect one. N. Symington It is incorrect to think that Freud was the first to challenge the notion.
incorrectitude noun (rare) the state of being incorrect; incorrectness: L19.
incorrectly adverb E17.
incorrectness noun the quality of being incorrect; an instance of this, an error: L17.