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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1432–50|origins=la corrigō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɪn.kəˈrekt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|incorrēctus|t=uncorrected, unimproved]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|corrēctus|t=corrected, amended]], the past participle of [[m|la|corrigō|t=to put straight, reform]] (see [[correct]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It may have come partly through French.^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Uncorrected, not chastened, of sinners: 1432–50 in the OED, the early 15th century in Etymonline, probably before 1425 in Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A book uncorrected for the press, full of errors, is incorrect from about 1484.^(OED 1989) Not in good style is from 1672 in the OED, the 1670s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The modern sense, wrong or inaccurate, is from 1828 in the OED, though Etymonline finds it implied in incorrectly in the 1750s.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1432–50 – uncorrected.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1484 – of a book, full of errors.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1672 – not in good style.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1828 – inaccurate, wrong.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Not correct; wrong or [[erroneous]]: ''an incorrect calculation''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Defective; faulty.^(AHD)

+ # Not fitting or proper: ''incorrect behaviour''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[incorrectly]]

+ * [[incorrectness]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[correct]]

+ * [[incorrigible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}