different between incorrect vs unsound

English

Etymology

From Middle French incorrect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nk????kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: in?cor?rect

Adjective

incorrect (comparative more incorrect, superlative most incorrect)

1. Not correct; erroneous or wrong.

   He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.

2. Faulty or defective.

   The computer crashed due to incorrect programming.

3. Inappropriate or improper.

   He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary.

Antonyms

• correct
• right
• proper

Derived terms

• incorrectly
• incorrectness

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incorrect, from Latin incorr?ctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.k??r?kt/
• Hyphenation: in?cor?rect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

incorrect (comparative incorrecter, superlative incorrectst)

1. incorrect

Inflection

Synonyms

• fout

Derived terms

• incorrectheid

French

Etymology

From in- +? correct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?.??kt/

Adjective

incorrect (feminine singular incorrecte, masculine plural incorrects, feminine plural incorrectes)

1. incorrect (not correct)
2. incorrect (socially unacceptable)

Derived terms

• incorrectement

See also

• faux

Further reading

• “incorrect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

un- +? sound.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n-sound?, IPA^(key): /??n?sa?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Adjective

unsound (comparative more unsound or unsounder, superlative most unsound or unsoundest)

1. Not sound, particularly:
   1. Not whole, not solid, defective.
   2. (especially of equestrianism) Infirm, diseased.
   3. (Britain, especially of people) Not good, unreliable.
      • 1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:

        You would not like Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.

Antonyms

• sound

Derived terms

• unsoundly
• unsoundness