INCORRECT


Meaning of INCORRECT in English

in ‧ cor ‧ rect /ˌɪnkəˈrekt◂/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ correction , ↑ correctness , ↑ corrective ; adjective : ↑ correct ≠ ↑ incorrect , ↑ corrective ; verb : ↑ correct ; adverb : ↑ correctly ≠ ↑ incorrectly ]

1 . not correct or true:

The information you gave us was incorrect.

2 . not following the rules of polite or fair behaviour SYN impolite :

It would be incorrect of me to comment.

—incorrectly adverb :

Sorry, you answered incorrectly.

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THESAURUS

▪ wrong not correct or right – used about facts, answers etc, or people:

For every wrong answer, you lose five points.

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The figure he gave me was wrong.

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I think you’re wrong about that.

▪ incorrect something that is incorrect is wrong because someone has made a mistake. Incorrect is more formal than wrong :

I’m afraid these prices are incorrect.

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The doctor had made an incorrect diagnosis.

▪ inaccurate something that is inaccurate is not exactly right and contains mistakes:

inaccurate information

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inaccurate measurements

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The old maps were often inaccurate.

▪ false not based on true facts:

Are the following statements true or false?

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He was accused of giving false information to the police.

▪ untrue [not usually before noun] not based on true facts, especially because someone is lying or guessing:

I can’t believe he said that about me. It’s completely untrue!

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The allegations were untrue.

▪ misleading a misleading statement or piece of information makes people believe something that is wrong, especially because it does not give all the facts:

The article was very misleading.

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misleading statistics

▪ misguided a misguided decision, belief, action etc is wrong because it is based on bad judgement or understanding:

That decision seems misguided now.

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It was the consequence of a misguided economic policy.

▪ mistaken wrong – used about ideas and beliefs. Also used about a person being wrong. You’re mistaken sounds more polite and less direct than saying you’re wrong :

She’s completely mistaken if she thinks that I don’t care about her.

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a mistaken belief

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.