Incorrect
adjective
Not in accordance with fact or truth.
The information you provided is incorrect.
Often appears as...
- incorrect answer
- incorrect information
adjective
Not following the correct procedure or system.
The procedure you followed is incorrect.
Often appears as...
- incorrect method
- incorrect procedure
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Technical
adjective
Not socially acceptable or suitable.
Your behavior at the party was incorrect.
Often appears as...
- politically incorrect
- socially incorrect
adjective
Not in accordance with fact or truth.
The information you provided is incorrect.
Often appears as...
- incorrect answer
- incorrect information
adjective
Not following the correct procedure or system.
The procedure you followed is incorrect.
Often appears as...
- incorrect method
- incorrect procedure
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Not socially acceptable or suitable.
Your behavior at the party was incorrect.
Often appears as...
- politically incorrect
- socially incorrect
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Fact Checking
Verify information before labeling it incorrect to avoid misunderstandings.
Double-check your work; it might be incorrect.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand that what's 'incorrect' may vary in different cultures; it's not absolute.
In some cultures, their local historical facts are correct, not the 'incorrect' outsider version.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
Using 'incorrect' can sound neutral and less confrontational than 'wrong'.
Your calculations are incorrect, let's review them together.
Pro Tip 1/3Fact Checking
Verify information before labeling it incorrect to avoid misunderstandings.
Double-check your work; it might be incorrect.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand that what's 'incorrect' may vary in different cultures; it's not absolute.
In some cultures, their local historical facts are correct, not the 'incorrect' outsider version.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
Using 'incorrect' can sound neutral and less confrontational than 'wrong'.
Your calculations are incorrect, let's review them together.
Pro Tip 1/3Fact Checking
Verify information before labeling it incorrect to avoid misunderstandings.
Double-check your work; it might be incorrect.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand that what's 'incorrect' may vary in different cultures; it's not absolute.
In some cultures, their local historical facts are correct, not the 'incorrect' outsider version.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
Using 'incorrect' can sound neutral and less confrontational than 'wrong'.
Your calculations are incorrect, let's review them together.
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Video examples
Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
and you are getting better at doing that, you need more than just hearing people laugh to want to laugh. You need the social stuff there. So we've got a very interesting behavior about which a lot of our lay assumptions are incorrect, but I'm coming to see that actually there's even more to laughter than it's an important social emotion we should look at,
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Are all of your memories...
All of these fallibilities of memory can have real-world impacts. If police interrogations use leading questions with eye witnesses or suspects, suggestibility could result in incorrect identifications or unreliable confessions. Even in the absence of leading questions, misattribution can lead to inaccurate eyewitness testimony.
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What’s the difference...
But even incorrect theories have their value. Discredited alchemy was the birthplace of modern chemistry, and medicine made great strides long before we understood the roles of bacteria and viruses. That said, better theories often lead to exciting new discoveries
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
myself for the hours of sleep I was about to lose yeah like that was going to happen in regular getting you spend money that you don't have so it would make sense and in time didn't you spend the time that you do have incorrectly but I didn't have a choice my mind
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Is there a reproducibilit...
In time, the error was tracked to a single incorrectly connected fiber optic cable. This example reminds us that real science is more than static textbooks. Instead, researchers around the world are continuously publishing their latest discoveries
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Music as a language -...
More importantly, think about how you learned it. You were a baby when you first started speaking, and even though you spoke the language incorrectly you were allowed to make mistakes. And the more mistakes you made, the more your parents smiled.
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How to tie your shoes PIPE...
worldly and innovative people in the world. And I think that's true. However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you are actually tying your shoes incorrectly. Now I know that seems ludicrous. I know that seems ludicrous.
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Do we see reality as it...
The theory of evolution is telling us that this is an incorrect interpretation of our perceptions. Instead, reality is more like a 3D desktop that's designed to hide the complexity of the real world and guide adaptive behavior.
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The power of introverts...
Yeah. So I couldn't figure out for the life of me why we were supposed to be so rowdy, or why we had to spell this word incorrectly.
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Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
a strange way I might have said it incorrectly but in shorts in Atlantis
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
and you are getting better at doing that, you need more than just hearing people laugh to want to laugh. You need the social stuff there. So we've got a very interesting behavior about which a lot of our lay assumptions are incorrect, but I'm coming to see that actually there's even more to laughter than it's an important social emotion we should look at,
Video examples
Are all of your memories...
All of these fallibilities of memory can have real-world impacts. If police interrogations use leading questions with eye witnesses or suspects, suggestibility could result in incorrect identifications or unreliable confessions. Even in the absence of leading questions, misattribution can lead to inaccurate eyewitness testimony.
Video examples
What’s the difference...
But even incorrect theories have their value. Discredited alchemy was the birthplace of modern chemistry, and medicine made great strides long before we understood the roles of bacteria and viruses. That said, better theories often lead to exciting new discoveries
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
myself for the hours of sleep I was about to lose yeah like that was going to happen in regular getting you spend money that you don't have so it would make sense and in time didn't you spend the time that you do have incorrectly but I didn't have a choice my mind
Video examples
Is there a reproducibilit...
In time, the error was tracked to a single incorrectly connected fiber optic cable. This example reminds us that real science is more than static textbooks. Instead, researchers around the world are continuously publishing their latest discoveries
Video examples
Music as a language -...
More importantly, think about how you learned it. You were a baby when you first started speaking, and even though you spoke the language incorrectly you were allowed to make mistakes. And the more mistakes you made, the more your parents smiled.
Video examples
How to tie your shoes PIPE...
worldly and innovative people in the world. And I think that's true. However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you are actually tying your shoes incorrectly. Now I know that seems ludicrous. I know that seems ludicrous.
Video examples
Do we see reality as it...
The theory of evolution is telling us that this is an incorrect interpretation of our perceptions. Instead, reality is more like a 3D desktop that's designed to hide the complexity of the real world and guide adaptive behavior.
Video examples
The power of introverts...
Yeah. So I couldn't figure out for the life of me why we were supposed to be so rowdy, or why we had to spell this word incorrectly.
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Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
a strange way I might have said it incorrectly but in shorts in Atlantis
Example 1 of 10
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Ken Ham
Australian Clergyman
There's been an incredible censorship in America and throughout the world, but particularly in America where students aren't even allowed to critically think about evolution, the issue of origins; they are not allowed to hear other points of view; they are taught incorrectly about science and taught that evolution is fact.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
I think equation guessing might be the best method to proceed to obtain the laws for the part of physics which is presently unknown. Yet, when I was much younger, I tried this equation guessing, and I have seen many students try this, but it is very easy to go off in wildly incorrect and impossible directions.
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Adam Conover
American Comedian
I have a very deep belief that all the problems in society are not because some people are bad and some people are good and we have to get rid of all the wrong people. Everything that we want to fix is because of a flaw in humans in general, something that humans together do incorrectly.
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Tony Bennett
American Musician
I was taught never to compromise: to never sing a cheap song. I never look down at the audience and think that they are ignorant or think that I'm more intelligent than they are. To think otherwise is totally incorrect and runs contrary to everything I was raised to believe.
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Marvin Harris
American Scientist
Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.
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B. Kevin Turner
American Businessman
We believe that Apple has it wrong: they've talked about it being the post-PC era, they talk about the tablet and PC being different; the reality in our world is that we think that's completely incorrect.
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Michelle Wolf
American Comedian
It's important for people to, instead of automatically assuming everything the opposite side says is incorrect, you have to at least listen and see why someone might feel a certain way.
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Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.
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W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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Farrah Fawcett
American Actress
Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
Quote examples
Ken Ham
Australian Clergyman
There's been an incredible censorship in America and throughout the world, but particularly in America where students aren't even allowed to critically think about evolution, the issue of origins; they are not allowed to hear other points of view; they are taught incorrectly about science and taught that evolution is fact.
Quote examples
Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
I think equation guessing might be the best method to proceed to obtain the laws for the part of physics which is presently unknown. Yet, when I was much younger, I tried this equation guessing, and I have seen many students try this, but it is very easy to go off in wildly incorrect and impossible directions.
Quote examples
Adam Conover
American Comedian
I have a very deep belief that all the problems in society are not because some people are bad and some people are good and we have to get rid of all the wrong people. Everything that we want to fix is because of a flaw in humans in general, something that humans together do incorrectly.
Quote examples
Tony Bennett
American Musician
I was taught never to compromise: to never sing a cheap song. I never look down at the audience and think that they are ignorant or think that I'm more intelligent than they are. To think otherwise is totally incorrect and runs contrary to everything I was raised to believe.
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Marvin Harris
American Scientist
Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.
Quote examples
B. Kevin Turner
American Businessman
We believe that Apple has it wrong: they've talked about it being the post-PC era, they talk about the tablet and PC being different; the reality in our world is that we think that's completely incorrect.
Quote examples
Michelle Wolf
American Comedian
It's important for people to, instead of automatically assuming everything the opposite side says is incorrect, you have to at least listen and see why someone might feel a certain way.
Quote examples
Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the fact that we really don't know.
Quote examples
W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
Quote examples
Farrah Fawcett
American Actress
Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
Example 1 of 10
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