incorrect

/ɪnkəˈrɛkt/

/ɪnkɔˈrɛkt/

Incorrect things are wrong or mistaken. Driving the incorrect direction on the highway can be dangerous. Turn around!

Using the incorrect name when you greet someone (or eating your soup with the incorrect spoon at a fancy dinner) can be embarrassing. A doctor giving you the incorrect diagnosis is never good. When something is correct, it's proper, accurate, truthful, or without errors, and you get incorrect by adding the "not" prefix, in-.

Definitions of incorrect

1. adjective

   not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
   “an incorrect calculation”

   synonyms: wrong

   inaccurate

   not exact

   erroneous

   containing or characterized by error

   fallacious

   based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information

   false, mistaken

   arising from error

   improper

   not suitable or right or appropriate

   false

   not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

   antonyms:

   correct

   free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

   accurate

   conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy

   accurate, exact, precise

   (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct

   letter-perfect, word-perfect

   correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words

   straight

   following a correct or logical method

   proper

   marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

   true

   consistent with fact or reality; not false
2. adjective

   not in accord with established usage or procedure
   “it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts”

   synonyms: wrong

   improper

   not suitable or right or appropriate
3. adjective

   characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
   “an incorrect transcription”

   synonyms: faulty, wrong

   inaccurate

   not exact
4. adjective

   (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
   synonyms:

   ill-formed, ungrammatical

   not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage