different between unaccurate vs incorrect

English

Etymology

un- +? accurate

Adjective

unaccurate (comparative more unaccurate, superlative most unaccurate)

1. (obsolete) Not accurate; inaccurate.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, I:

     So unaccurate is it […] that if examin'd with an organ more acute than that by which they were made, the more we see of their shape, the less appearance will there be of their beauty […]

   • 1698, John Locke, letter to Bishop of Worcester

     I do by no means find fault with such figurative and common ways of speaking, in popular and ordinary Discourses, where unaccurate Thoughts allow unaccurate ways of speaking.

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).