What is another word for incorrect?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnkəɹˈɛkt], [ ɪnkəɹˈɛkt], [ ɪ_n_k_ə_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t]
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Similar words for incorrect:
- bad (adjective)
- dishonest (adjective)
- erroneous (adjective)
- false (adjective)
- imprecise (adjective)
- improper (adjective)
- inappropriate (adjective)
- ungrammatical (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- amiss (adjective)
- counterfactual (adjective)
- fallacious (adjective)
- ill-suited (adjective)
- illogical (adjective)
- inaccurate (adjective)
- trumped up (adjective)
- unapt (adjective)
- unbefitting (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- unseemly (adjective)
- unsound (adjective)
- untrue (adjective)
Synonyms for Incorrect:
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adj.
• bad- bottom out ,
- cruddy ,
- godawful ,
- grody ,
- not good ,
- the pits ,
- junky ,
- most inferior ,
- poorer ,
- sad .
- Misconceived ,
- Misconstrued ,
- botched ,
- defective ,
- distorted ,
- erroneous ,
- faulty ,
- illogical ,
- inaccurate ,
- marred ,
- miscalculated ,
- misestimated ,
- misjudged ,
- mistaken .
- Inconsonant ,
- foot-in-mouth ,
- inapropos ,
- left field ,
- left-field ,
- leftfield ,
- out of line ,
- wrong number ,
- wrong-number ,
- Unmeet .
- aberrant ,
- illegal ,
- off balance ,
- unfitted ,
- not done ,
- not trustworthy ,
- off-balance ,
- unreliable ,
- wide of the mark .
- foul ,
- haywire ,
- in correct ,
- in-correct ,
- mis taken ,
- mis-taken ,
- more flawed ,
- most flawed ,
- out order ,
- sickest ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un lawful ,
- un suitable ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-lawful ,
- un-suitable ,
- unsuitable .
- in valid ,
- in-valid ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more beguiling ,
- more deceiving ,
- more deluding ,
- more reasonless ,
- more sophistical ,
- more ungrounded ,
- most beguiling ,
- most deceiving ,
- most deluding ,
- most illusory ,
- most reasonless ,
- most sophistical ,
- most ungrounded ,
- un founded ,
- un grounded ,
- un reasonable ,
- un reasoned ,
- un-founded ,
- un-grounded ,
- un-real ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-reasoned .
- ill fitted ,
- ill matched ,
- ill suited ,
- ill-timed ,
- illfitted ,
- illmatched ,
- illsuited ,
- illtimed ,
- in apter ,
- in aptest ,
- in compatible ,
- in-apter ,
- in-aptest ,
- in-compatible ,
- mis matched ,
- mis-matched ,
- more ill fitted ,
- more ill matched ,
- more ill-fitted ,
- more ill-matched ,
- more illfitted ,
- more illmatched ,
- more mismatched ,
- more unfitting ,
- most ill fitted ,
- most ill matched ,
- most ill-fitted ,
- most ill-matched ,
- most illfitted ,
- most illmatched ,
- most mismatched ,
- most unfitting ,
- out character ,
- out its element ,
- out place ,
- un becoming ,
- un fitting ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-fitting .
- in conclusive ,
- in congruous ,
- in consequent ,
- in consistent ,
- in-conclusive ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-consequent ,
- in-consistent ,
- irrelevant ,
- meaningless ,
- more self contradictory ,
- more self-contradictory ,
- more selfcontradictory ,
- most self contradictory ,
- most self-contradictory ,
- most selfcontradictory ,
- off the wall ,
- off wall ,
- self contradictory ,
- selfcontradictory ,
- un connected ,
- un proved ,
- un scientific ,
- un substantial ,
- un tenable ,
- un-connected ,
- un-proved ,
- un-scientific ,
- un-substantial ,
- un-tenable ,
- unproved .
- doesnt wash ,
- in accurate ,
- in-accurate ,
- more imprecise ,
- more way off ,
- more way-off ,
- more wayoff ,
- most imprecise ,
- most way off ,
- most way-off ,
- most wayoff ,
- off base ,
- un faithful ,
- un reliable ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-reliable ,
- way-off ,
- wayoff .
- can't make grade ,
- cant make grade ,
- cant make the grade ,
- ill adapted ,
- ill equipped ,
- illadapted ,
- illequipped ,
- in effective ,
- in-effective ,
- more ill adapted ,
- more ill equipped ,
- more ill-adapted ,
- more ill-equipped ,
- more illadapted ,
- more illequipped ,
- more uncool ,
- more unpromising ,
- most ill adapted ,
- most ill equipped ,
- most ill-adapted ,
- most ill-equipped ,
- most illadapted ,
- most illequipped ,
- most uncool ,
- most unpromising ,
- out element ,
- out of element ,
- out shape ,
- un congenial ,
- un cool ,
- un fit ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un promising ,
- un-congenial ,
- un-cool ,
- un-fit ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likely ,
- un-promising .
- dis creditable ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-creditable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- in decent ,
- in delicate ,
- in elegant ,
- in-decent ,
- in-delicate ,
- in-elegant ,
- more ruffian ,
- more undignified ,
- most ruffian ,
- most undignified ,
- out keeping ,
- un dignified ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un refined ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-dignified ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-refined ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-seemly .
- de ranged ,
- de-ranged ,
- dis eased ,
- dis-eased ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in substantial ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- in-substantial ,
- more unbacked ,
- most unbacked ,
- not solid ,
- un backed ,
- un hinged ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un soundest ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un-backed ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-hinged ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest .
- Forsworn ,
- Perjured ,
- dis loyal ,
- dis-loyal ,
- in-constant ,
- more cheating ,
- more dissembling ,
- more forsworn ,
- more prevaricating ,
- more unloyal ,
- most dissembling ,
- most forsworn ,
- most prevaricating ,
- most unloyal ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un loyal ,
- un true ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-loyal ,
- un-true ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest ,
- un-trustworthy .
Other synonyms:
- APPROX ,
- CIRCA ,
- approximately ,
- arguable ,
- ballpark ,
- imprecision ,
- inaccuracy ,
- nominal ,
- nominally ,
- off-beam ,
- questionable ,
- roughly ,
- uninformed ,
- wrongly .
- out .
- close .
- Anything ,
- broadly ,
- generalized ,
- odd .
- C .
- off .
Other relevant words:
- Out of keeping ,
- Truthless ,
- all wet ,
- amiss ,
- apparently right ,
- bad ,
- can't make the grade ,
- counterfactual ,
- doesn't wash ,
- fallacious ,
- false ,
- flawed ,
- glitched up ,
- ill timed ,
- ill-adapted ,
- ill-equipped ,
- ill-fitted ,
- ill-matched ,
- ill-suited ,
- imprecise ,
- improper ,
- in error ,
- in firm ,
- in poor health ,
- in poor taste ,
- inappropriate ,
- laid low ,
- mismatched ,
- not fit ,
- not following ,
- out of character ,
- out of its element ,
- out of place ,
- out of shape ,
- reasonless ,
- self-contradictory ,
- sophistic ,
- sophistical ,
- specious ,
- trumped up ,
- unbacked ,
- uncool ,
- undignified ,
- unfitting ,
- ungrounded ,
- unloyal ,
- unpromising ,
- unseemly ,
- way off ,
- without basis ,
- without foundation ,
- wrong .
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How to use "Incorrect" in context?
scientific theories
There are many incorrect scientific theories, but some of the more famous examples include the incorrect theory that the earth is the center of the universe, the Theory of Evolution, and the theory that humans are the only intelligent species on Earth.
The incorrect scientific theories listed above continue to be taught in schools across the world, despite the fact that they are not supported by the evidence. It is important that students are aware of the incorrect theories so that they can evaluate the evidence and make informed decisions about which theories to believe.
Paraphrases for Incorrect:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
erroneous, fallacious, wrong.
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Adverb
wrong.
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Interjection
wrong.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
correct.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
abusive, accurate, bogus, counterfeit, disingenuous, distorted, erratic, exact, fictitious, fraudulent, groundless, incidental, inclement, malformed, phony, proper, right, true, unfit, unfounded, unjust, unjustified, unreliable, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, valid, wrongful, Misspelled, ill-founded.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
bad, deficient, imprecise, inadequate, inappropriate, inexact, misguided, misleading, mistaken, spurious, unfair, unsound, unsuccessful, untruthful, Misconceived, wrong-headed.
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Proper noun, singular
bad, incorrectly.
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Adverb
improperly, incorrectly.
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Interjection
incorrectly.
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Adjective
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