different between offhand vs incorrect
offhand
English
Alternative forms
- off-hand
Etymology
From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz. Equivalent to off- +? hand. Cognate with Icelandic afhendur. Compare onhand.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??f?hænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Adjective
offhand (comparative more offhand, superlative most offhand)
- Without planning or thinking ahead.
- Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration.
- Curt, abrupt, unfriendly.
Synonyms
- (without planning): impromptu, extemporaneous, off-the-cuff; see also Thesaurus:impromptu
Translations
See also
- off the top of one's head
Adverb
offhand (comparative more offhand, superlative most offhand)
- Right away, immediately, without thinking about it.
- Offhand, I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
- 1854, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Rose and the Ring:
- We will have no more of this shilly-shallying! Call the Archbishop, and let the Prince and Princess be married offhand!
- In an offhand (adjective) manner.
Anagrams
- hand off, hand-off, handoff
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incorrect
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)
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
- He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
- Faulty or defective.
- The computer 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
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)
- 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)
- incorrect (not correct)
- 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).
incorrect From the web:
- what incorrectly describes an achievement of the maya
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