incorrect

Definitions

in- (not) + correct = not right. correct itself is cor- (com-, thoroughly) + rect (straight, from regere) = "made fully straight." So incorrect is literally "not made straight" — off the right line.

Common Collocations

• 1.factually incorrect事实上不正确
• 2.grammatically incorrect语法上不正确
• 3.politically incorrect政治不正确
• 4.incorrect answer错误答案

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Several answers on the form were incorrect.

• 2.

  It is incorrect to assume that all bats are blind.