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# incorrect

adjective (incorrect)

«incorrect» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not right or not true; wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#m1)
2. Not suitable or not polite for the situation, as in «incorrect behaviour». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, spelling and tests: incorrect answers get a cross. In science, an incorrect prediction is not a failure — it teaches something. In everyday life: incorrect change in a shop. Phrases: incorrect answer, politically incorrect.

### Examples

- Your answer is incorrect — try again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#x1)
- The spelling of «freind» is incorrect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#x2)
- The shop gave me incorrect change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#x3)
- His prediction was incorrect, but he learned a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#x4)
- That information is incorrect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#x5)
- Incorrect use of the oven can be dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#x6)
- Minor punctuation errors (omitted or incorrect punctuation, mismatched quote marks etc.) have been amended without note. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: correct. Adverb: incorrectly. A bit more formal than «wrong». In maths checking, find where the working became incorrect, not only the final answer.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths, spelling and tests: incorrect answers get a cross. In science, an incorrect prediction is not a failure — it teaches something. In everyday life: incorrect change in a shop. Phrases: incorrect answer, politically incorrect.

### Examples

- The explanatory notes given by this author are, nevertheless, insufficient and sometimes very incorrect. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x1)

### Note

Opposite: correct. Adverb: incorrectly. A bit more formal than «wrong». In maths checking, find where the working became incorrect, not only the final answer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incorrect» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrect/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incorrect» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incorrect.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «incorrect» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incorrect» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incorrect.html) on Mova free.