noun
- An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: erratum, error, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, slip, slip-up, trip. See correct/incorrect.
| Thesaurus: incorrectness |
| WordNet: incorrectness |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
lack of conformity to social expectations
Antonym: correctness (meaning #2)
Meaning #2:
the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
Synonym: wrongness
Antonym: correctness (meaning #1)
| inexactness | |
| correctness | |
| politically incorrect |
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