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Incorrect vs Incorrected - What's the difference?

incorrect | incorrected |

As adjectives the difference between incorrect and incorrected

is that incorrect is not correct; erroneous or wrong while incorrected is not (yet) corrected.

incorrect

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
  • * He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
  • Faulty or defective.
  • * The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
  • Inappropriate or improper.
  • * He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary

    • Antonyms

    * correct * right * proper

    Derived terms

    * incorrectly * incorrectness

    incorrected

    English

    Adjective

  • (rare, or, obsolete) (yet) corrected.

    • Synonyms

    * uncorrected