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incorrectness|ɪnkəˈrɛktnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being incorrect.
1672Dryden Def. Epil. Conq. Granada, The Incorrectness of his [Fletcher's] Language. 1749Hurd Comm. Horace Ars Poet. 240–51 (R.) An incorrectness and want of care in the Roman writers. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. Imperf. Symp., A great deal of incorrectness and inadvertency..creeps into ordinary conversation. 1864Bowen Logic ix. 267 It is more difficult to weave invalid but specious arguments, knowing their incorrectness.
b. An instance of this; a mistake, error, fault.
a1771Gray Lett. I. 139 (Cent.) Several incorrectnesses have been altered in the printing. 1774Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry Diss. iii. p. lxvii, Many of these petty incorrectnesses are not, however, to be imputed to Froissart. 1829W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 378, I feel certain that there must be many incorrectnesses in my writings. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. vi. §18. 268 Even his incorrectnesses are often but sacrifices required by good taste. |