incorrect

adjective
in·cor·rect
/ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/

Not correct; erroneous or wrong.

Example

“He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.”

Other meanings

Faulty or defective.
“The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.”
Inappropriate or improper.

Synonyms

wrong

Antonyms

correct
right
proper

Related words

incorrection
incorrectly
incorrectness
politically incorrect

Example sentences

“This was later found to be incorrect.”
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Word history

From Middle French "incorrect".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “incorrect” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.