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Incorrectness

The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.

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Narrower term 1

Error 76% connected

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Impropriety 76% connected

The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Incorrect 74% connected

Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

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Incorrect 74% connected

Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

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Synonym 1

Wrongness 92% connected

The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault.

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Correctness 94% connected

The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the c…

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Correctness 94% connected

The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the c…

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Badness noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Barrenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Brachycephalism noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Brachycephaly noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Words connected by meaning

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Accurate adjective · 78% connection

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorrect, want, conformity, truth, standard.
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Conformably adverb · 78% connection

With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorrect, want, conformity, truth, standard.
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Correction noun · 78% connection

An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorrect, want, conformity, truth, standard.
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Culpa noun · 78% connection

Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect…

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Defect noun · 78% connection

Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorrect, want, conformity, truth, standard.
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Diminution noun · 78% connection

Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: incorrect, want, conformity, truth, standard.
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Doubt verb · 78% connection

A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concer…

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Erroneous adjective · 78% connection

Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observa…

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Exact adjective · 78% connection

(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct; "a precise im…

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Exactness noun · 78% connection

Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.

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Falseness noun · 78% connection

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treac…

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