🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

不正確

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fuseikaku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Incorrect/ˌɪn.kəˈrɛkt/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"あなたの答えは不正確です。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not correct; erroneous.

    "The answer you provided was incorrect."
  2. 2

    Not in accordance with fact or truth.

    "His statement about the event was incorrect."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'incorrect' is derived from the prefix 'in-' meaning 'not' and the root 'correct', which comes from the Latin 'correctus', the past participle of 'corrigere', meaning 'to set right'. The term has evolved to denote something that is not accurate or true.

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