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# incorrect

«incorrect» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Not right or not true; wrong** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (incorrect)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not right or not true; wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#m1)

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

### sense 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

- The explanatory notes given by this author are, nevertheless, insufficient and sometimes very incorrect. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x1)
- Your answer is incorrect — try again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x2)
- The spelling of «freind» is incorrect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x3)
- The shop gave me incorrect change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x4)
- His prediction was incorrect, but he learned a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x5)
- That information is incorrect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x6)
- Incorrect use of the oven can be dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x7)
- Minor punctuation errors (omitted or incorrect punctuation, mismatched quote marks etc.) have been amended without note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/#x8)

### 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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incorrect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incorrect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.