incorrectadj.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [adjective] > uncorrected or not amended
incorrect1435
the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > not
incorrect1435
unremedied1469
unamended1525
unredeemed1526
uncured1548
unretouched1856
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > unreformed
incorrect1435
unamended1549
unreformed1549
unreclaimed1591
unchastened1641
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 56 Þe synar awdyr þa leef [either they leave] incorrect, or if [þai] correc or snyb þe synnar, with so grete scharpnes & ferisnes þai speke [etc.].
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 73 So the yere stode as incorrecte from that tyme vn to the tymes of Iulius Cesar.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 95 To perseuer In obstinate condolement, is a course Of impious stubbornes... It showes a will most incorrect to heauen. View more context for this quotation
2. Of a book: Uncorrected for the press; containing many scribal or typographical errors.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adjective] > in written mode > uncorrected
incorrectc1484
unrevised1706
c1484 W. Caxton Cant. Tales (ed. 2) Pref. Of whyche bookes so incorrecte was one broughte to me vi. yere passyd.
1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxxviii. 356 I have a most incorrect black lettered copy in duodecimo.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. vii. 136 The plays of Shakespeare..the incorrectest publication that ever issued from the press.
3. Of style, action, etc.: Not in conformity with a recognized standard; improper, faulty.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective]
unthewfulc1050
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unseeminga1340
unseemc1425
untowardly1483
indecent1570
unbeseeming1583
uncivil1586
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unhandsome1645
untoward1658
incorrect1672
indecorous1682
outré1722
improper1739
indelicate1741
unproper1797
pah1835
it is not (frequently isn't) done1879
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > improper
unjustc1443
graceless1562
ill1586
ugly1594
incorrect1672
paw-paw1723
improper1739
unproper1797
pah1835
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > incorrect
dissolute1566
licentious1589
vicious1589
incorrect1672
libertine1760
1672 J. Dryden Def. Epilogue in Conquest Granada 170 The wit of the last Age was yet more incorrect than their language.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 45 The Piece you think is incorrect? why take it, I'm all submission, what you'd have it, make it.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 100 According to the immortal Brummel, it is highly incorrect to be helped a second time to soup.
1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 96 A practice that was considered incorrect.
4. Of a statement, etc.: Not in accordance with fact; erroneous, inaccurate.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [adjective]
misstated1661
incorrect1828
misreported1846
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Incorrect,..2 Not according to truth; inaccurate; as, an incorrect statement, narration or calculation.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. v. 59 This is the..account; incorrect in some unessential particulars.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxvi. 373 I had reason to believe that this statement was incorrect.
1881 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (1883) ii. 22 That lazy facility which always gives a meaning, though often an incorrect one.
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