incorrect
adjective /ˌɪn.kərˈekt/
/-kəˈrekt/ Definition
B1 not correct or not true: an incorrect answer/diagnosis The assumptions made about the economy's rate of growth proved to be incorrect.Wrong › not acceptable or not as it should be: It's incorrect to address people by their first names at these formal events. incorrect grammarUnsuitable and unacceptable incorrectly /-li/ adverb › For many years the sculpture was incorrectly thought to be by Donatello.Wrong
(Definition of incorrect adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amiss adjective
- beneath your dignity idiom
- beyond the pale idiom
- extravagant adjective
- extremism noun
- inappropriate adjective
- inapt adjective
- indecent adjective (NOT SUITABLE)
- ineligible adjective
- infelicitous adjective
- n/a
- no room for sth idiom
- no-no noun
- not be cut out for sth idiom
- not cricket idiom
- unfortunate adjective (NOT SUITABLE)
- unjustifiable adjective
- unjustified adjective
- unseemly adjective
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