incorrectadjective
uk/ˌɪn.kərˈekt/us/ˌɪn.kəˈrekt/B1 not correct or not true:
an incorrect answer/diagnosis
The assumptions made about the economy's rate of growth proved to be incorrect.
not acceptable or not as it should be:
It's incorrect to address people by their first names at these formal events.
incorrect grammar
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Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomaly
- awry
- bark
- flawed
- gross
- grossly
- have no business doing sth idiom
- imprecise
- impropriety
- invalid 1
- irregular
- misspeak
- mistaken
- off beam
- quarrel with sth
- speak
- speak too soon idiom
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Unsuitable and unacceptable
incorrectly
adverb uk/ˌɪn.kərˈekt.li/us/ˌɪn.kəˈrekt.li/
For many years the sculpture was incorrectly thought to be by Donatello.