Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth:
— An incorrect calculation.

synonym: wrong.

Roget 495: erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded, groundless; unsubstantial etc. 4; heretical etc. (heterodox) 984; unsound; illogical etc. 477.    inexact, unexact inaccurate^†, incorrect; indefinite etc. (uncertain) 475.    illusive, illusory; delusive; mock, ideal etc. (imaginary) 515; spurious etc. 545; deceitful etc. 544; perverted.    controvertible, unsustainable; unauthenticated, untrustworthy.    exploded, refuted; discarded.    in error, under an error etc. n.; mistaken etc. v.; tripping etc. v.; out, out in one's reckoning; aberrant; beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off; astray etc. (at fault) 475; on a false scent, on the wrong scent; in the wrong box, outside the ballpark; at cross purposes, all in the wrong; all out.    ... show more

Roget 945: vicious; sinful; sinning etc. v.; wicked, iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal; naughty, incorrect; unduteous^†, undutiful.    unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores [Lat.], indecorous, unseemly, improper; dissolute, profligate, scampish; unworthy; worthless; desertless^†; disgraceful, recreant; reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable; discreditable, disreputable; Sadistic.    base, sinister, scurvy, foul, gross, vile, black, grave, facinorous^†, felonious, nefarious, shameful, scandalous, infamous, villainous, of a deep dye, heinous; flagrant, flagitious; atrocious, incarnate, accursed.    Mephistophelian, satanic, diabolic, hellish, infernal, stygian, fiendlike^†, hell-born, demoniacal, devilish, fiendish.    miscreated^†, misbegotten; demoralized, corrupt, depraved.    evil-minded, evil-disposed; ill-conditioned; malevolent etc. 907; heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless; abandoned, lost to virtue; unconscionable; sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity.    incorrigible, irreclaimable, obdurate, reprobate, past praying for; culpable, reprehensible etc. (guilty) 947.    unjustifiable; indefensible, inexcusable; inexpiable, unpardonable, irremissible^†.    weak, frail, lax, infirm, imperfect; indiscrete; demoralizing, degrading.    ... show more

Roget 477: intuitive, instinctive, impulsive; independent of reason, anterior to reason; gratuitous, hazarded; unconnected.    unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid; unwarranted, not following; inconsequent, inconsequential; inconsistent; absonous^†, absonant^†; unscientific; untenable, inconclusive, incorrect; fallacious, fallible; groundless, unproved; non sequitur [Lat.], it does not follow.    deceptive, sophistical, jesuitical; illusive, illusory; specious, hollow, plausible, ad captandum [Lat.], evasive; irrelevant etc. 10.    weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague.    irrational; nonsensical etc. (absurd) 497.    foolish etc. (imbecile) 499; frivolous, pettifogging, quibbling; finespun^†, overrefined^†.    at the end of one's tether, au bout de son latin.    ... show more

Polish: niedobry, zły

Not in accord with established usage or procedure:
— It is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts.

synonym: wrong.

of a word or expression Not agreeing with grammatical principles.

Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules:
— An incorrect transcription.

synonyms: faulty, wrong.

Roget 568: ungrammatical; incorrect, inaccurate; faulty; improper, incongruous; solecistic, solecistical^†.