incorrect

Not correct; erroneous or wrong.

Adjective

  1. Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
    • He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
  2. Faulty or defective.
    • The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.
  3. Inappropriate or improper.

Origin

From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.

Forms

more incorrect most incorrect

Antonyms

correct right proper

Derived

incorrection incorrectly incorrectness politically incorrect

Noun

  1. An item or response that is incorrect.
    • 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...

Forms

incorrects