uncorrectadj.
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?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xvi. 165 We wolde that other that offendeth shulde be straitly correcte & our selfe more coulpable vncorrecte.
?1553 Respublica (1952) Prol. 3 That yls whiche long tyme have reigned vncorrecte shall nowe foreuer bee redressed with effecte.
2. = incorrect adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]
unrightlyeOE
leasea900
falsec1175
untruec1370
untruefulc1380
erroneousc1400
fallacec1400
wrongc1420
unsubstantialc1455
wrongfulc1470
unrighteous1507
improper1531
perverse1531
mistaken1540
square1549
truthless1568
uncorrect1568
misconceiveda1612
errorous1633
swervinga1638
tralatitious1645
out of the way1676
wrongous1768
aberrated1834
aberrational1837
unsubstantiated1837
unevidenced1842
non-realistic1882
unsubstantiate1890
screwed-up1942
disauthentic1960
1568 H. Charteris Pref. Lyndesay's Wks. A j b Quhat difference is betuix..correct and vncorrect Imprenting, salbe cleirlie sene.
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant Pref. sig. A2v You have..received with Applause, as bad, and as uncorrect Playes from other Men.
1702 Eng. Theophrastus 23 The Ancients, tho' generally uneven and uncorrect, have yet here and there some fine touches.
1752 T. Salmon Universal Traveller I. viii. 20 Before the Missionaries taught them, their tables of eclipses were very uncorrect.
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