incorrect
English
Etymology
From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛkt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Canada) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹekt/
- Hyphenation: in‧cor‧rect
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Derived terms
Translations
erroneous
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Noun
incorrect (plural incorrects)
- An item or response that is incorrect.
- 2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching:
- 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 ...
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French incorrect, from Latin incorrēctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪŋ.kɔˈrɛkt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧cor‧rect
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Inflection
Inflection of incorrect | ||||
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uninflected | incorrect | |||
inflected | incorrecte | |||
comparative | incorrecter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | incorrect | incorrecter | het incorrectst het incorrectste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | incorrecte | incorrectere | incorrectste |
n. sing. | incorrect | incorrecter | incorrectste | |
plural | incorrecte | incorrectere | incorrectste | |
definite | incorrecte | incorrectere | incorrectste | |
partitive | incorrects | incorrecters | — |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- incorrectheid
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁɛkt/
Audio (file) - Homophones: incorrecte, incorrects, incorrectes
Adjective
incorrect (feminine incorrecte, masculine plural incorrects, feminine plural incorrectes)
- (of language) incorrect (not correct)
- (of the execution of labor: a job, work of art, production, etc.) poorly made; made clumsily or carelessly; defective; shoddy, sloppy
- Synonyms: défectueux, mauvais
- incorrect (socially unacceptable); rude, impolite
- Synonym: indélicat
- (of a person)
- Synonyms: discourtois, grossier, impoli, inconvenant
- disloyal
- Synonyms: déloyal, indélicat, irrégulier
- improper, inappropriate (of a behavior)
- Synonyms: déplacé, désinvolte, discourtois, grossier, impoli, incongru, inconvenant, indélicat
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “incorrect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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