incorrect B1 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /ˌɪn.kəˈɹekt/ UK /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/ See IPA manual Freq #13117 Meanings 1 adj Not correct; wrong. He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question. 2 adj Containing mistakes or errors. The program crashed because of incorrect code. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not correct; wrong. wrong 2 adj · containing mistakes or errors. wrong ↔ Opposites correctproperright Word family Derived forms incorrectionincorrectlyincorrectness Common collocations politically incorrect Adverb + adjective incorrect calculation Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct. incorrect Middle French View etymology graph -> Topics Ethics & Social Judgment External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # incorrect **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɪn.kəˈɹekt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/ **Frequency rank:** 13117 ## Meanings 1. Not correct; wrong. 2. Containing mistakes or errors. ## Examples - He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question. - The program crashed because of incorrect code. ## Antonyms - correct - proper - right ## Derived Forms - incorrection - incorrectly - incorrectness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: incorrect ## Etymology From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct. ## AI Etymology Incorrect comes from Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment markdown