How To Use Incorrect In A Sentence

You can't have a show called Politically Incorrect and then abjectly apologize for not being PC.
This is because people who suffer Panic Disorder, when they experience tetany for the first time, often think incorrectly that they are about to die.
inconceivability" is used in the sense of relative inconceivability, it is incorrectly used, unless it is qualified in some way; because, if used without qualification, there is danger of its being confused with inconceivability in its absolute sense. A Candid Examination of Theism
It checks bank account numbers before accepting them and will detect many common transcription errors, including incorrectly entered and transposed characters. Times, Sunday Times
The blue plaque marking the spot is incorrect in stating that its dome housed the largest telescope in the world.

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However, they conclude that this is incorrect and that the prosauropods and sauropods diverged early from a common ancestor.
- Some floats would get converted incorrection during research planning causing the LUA for tech research to terminate. 4Players.de News
Inappropriate use of the available data could result in prescription of incorrect dosages.
The most telling signs were an incorrect horse harness and an error in the cuneiform inscription. Times, Sunday Times
This eliminates the possibility of the wrong person being updated, and enables the operator to see if any details are incorrect.
The problem has come about because my wife's date of birth was scanned in incorrectly.
The Safety Board concluded that the incorrect rigging wasn't a significant factor on the preceding flights because weight and balance on those flights were well within limits.
It is claimed, probably incorrectly, that in social environments yawning and weariness are due to an accumulation of carbon dioxide.
So, if I show a single qualification or exception, then "unmitigated" is incorrect. Sound Politics: A Trifle Overstated, Professor McKay
Now the political incorrectness of lighting up has taken the war on cigarettes from the realm of everyday life to a place where the curtain seems set to fall on the art of smoking in public performances.
If the phase is incorrect, the main speakers can cancel out some of the bass effect from the subwoofer, and vice versa.
Problems include overpayments, underpayments and incorrect bank account details appearing on payslips.
If the distribution channel is selected incorrectly, the brand will decline rapidly.
I had a momentary image - very clear, very politically incorrect, and very likely brought on by Pam's mention of the cartoon books I'd once drawn for a little sick girl - of a large talking skunk in a beret, Monsieur PepÃ© Le Pew, strutting around my daughter's pension (if that was the word for a bedsitter-type apartment in Paris) with wavy aroma lines rising from his white-striped back. Duma Key
Times-Union an "initial investigation revealed that someone in the regional office intentionally entered veterans 'claim documents with incorrect dates -- called' backdating '-- into an internal database. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
My bank incorrectly debits a transfer twice from my account, sending me massively overdrawn.
The digital display is uncomfortably faint to read and often gives incorrect readings. Times, Sunday Times
Milton has the word alabaster three times, twice incorrectly spelled Milton's Comus
Politically incorrect from the title on, this guide to old-fashioned coquetry has raised the hackles of every feminist writer worth her salt.
The government refused to approve yesterday's civil union at City Hall because it said the couple had given ‘incorrect’ information during the prenuptial vetting process.
The ideas of separate color and verbal processing and suppression of incorrect verbal responses suggest an explanation for incongruency loss.
Probably more significant is the fact that Brown was one of the many neutral names adopted by clansmen who wanted to be rid of their politically incorrect Gaelic patronymics.
Perhaps they are afraid of being ‘politically incorrect’ or offending religious susceptibilities.
The most telling signs were an incorrect horse harness and an error in the cuneiform inscription. Times, Sunday Times
Currents article on using DNA evidence to solve crimes incorrectly referred to homes having been robbed rather than burglarized, which is considered a nonviolent, less serious crime. Corrections & Amplifications
In my view, it would be illogical and incorrect to describe these two buildings as a house.
So this article analyse and illuminate incorrect understand and research the financing feasibility of Documentary Collection.
I don't think it's "illegal" but it's moralistically incorrect.
When you get an incorrectly addressed letter you can return it to the sender without ever seeing what's inside.
I think it is incorrect to view my batting as plodding along at one pace. Times, Sunday Times
The message in this Note is that reported values of exchangeable calcium for calcareous or gypsiferous soils are usually incorrect.
Both incorrectly found nothing improper in the Police search of my house.
Mr Linda said incorrect personal details about the assured, which were necessary for determining their assurability, were supplied and sufficient assurable interest had been absent. ANC Daily News Briefing
Now the unforced viscous, incompressible NS equations are not the equations that describe the climate, but the body of work does indicate that there is a vast mathematical difference between the inviscid and viscous cases, and the impact of using an incorrect kind or size of viscosity in an attempt to compute the continuum solution with the correct kind and size of kinematic viscosity. Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit
I'd been incorrectly billed and it was only after I did my own sums that I discovered the over-charge.
Nora says it is not her island, that the idea of land ownership is absurd, not to mention politically incorrect.
Once you click the Print Label button in the applet, the label printer immediately dispenses the label - incorrectly printed. TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us
Drivers have also complained of sub-standard service, misleading advertising and incorrect information about the car before they bought it. Times, Sunday Times
Hopefully they all now realise that your headline was wrong and that you had used an incorrect figure.
The incident followed on from a similar episode where the first five home were thrown out after taking the incorrect course after three fences in the home straight were dolled off due to the low sun.
The host was politically incorrect, chain-smoking, and fiercely monarchist.
Some models of the cooker have a design fault that means they emit carbon monoxide when incorrectly used with the grill door shut. Times, Sunday Times
None of the explanations offered is demonstrably correct — or demonstrably incorrect.
He believes that by scaring a horse, such as sacking them out incorrectly, snubbing, or tying a scary object to the saddle to where the horse has no means of escape will lead to a nervous or spooky horse.
Other problems have included broken wires and incorrect fuses that have been replaced over the years.
Had it somehow occurred to him that swimsuit modeling (if you can call microscopic shreds of fabric "swimwear") has absolutely nothing to do with sports, unless you count the "sport" of girl-watching, which is a passé, politically incorrect and pathetic pastime, especially for middle-aged men? LJWorld.com stories: News
Editor's note: at the point their article and mine were posted, they were incorrect is stating that he had been asked. Today's Video: Gration Speaks - NASA Watch
This has the consequence that the readings dependent on the long-distance binding of the reflexives are incorrectly ruled out.
This fact was incorrectly reported in the Western media.
In marketing studies after the Games, consumers incorrectly identified Speedo as a sponsor.
In a label accompanying an article Friday, Accenture was incorrectly called a financial-services company. Corrections & Amplifications
Commuters were given scant or incorrect information regarding the delays. Times, Sunday Times
November 1st, 2007 at 2: 22 pm wwbd says: true story: there’s this one time, where i just threw out this random post. copying someone else’s exact format. there in layed the funny part, but then some troll came about and starting calling me incorrect ajdectives. so what did i do? LEDGER. GILLIAM. IMAGINARIUM. PERIODS.
This is incorrect; appearances can be deceiving. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
Noddy and his politically-incorrect mate Big Ears are set to jump aboard their yellow runaround and hit television screens worldwide in an all-singing, all-dancing digital animation series.
Now, certainly, whenever you get that many people registering to vote, there are going to be a few incorrect registrations.
Jane Austen and all the other writers who use ‘they’ with antecedents like ‘everyone’ aren't making mistakes, they're using a feature of English that some grammarians have incorrectly identified as an error.
Similarly the pyrope garnet of the diamond mines of South Africa is incorrectly called "Cape ruby. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
Stress errors and phoneme substitutions or metatheses not attributable to dialect or articulation, however, were considered incorrect.
The ultraviolet “rays” are not visible; thus it is incorrect to call ultraviolet energy ultraviolet “light.” The New Super-Nutrition
We are talking about not only an inadvertent or incorrect disclosure, but blowing the gaff on the investigation.
This is incorrect; appearances can be deceiving. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
Anyone who spots missing or incorrect information on their credit file should inform the relevant lenders and the agency. Times, Sunday Times
They provided simple instructions to help admins effect the change, but I managed to follow them incorrectly, resulting in DNS problems. Reflective Surface - DNS and Apache issues
We excluded 16 samples with discrepancies between WTCCC information and external identifying information (such as genotypes from another experiment, blood type or incorrect disease status). ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
It was the minority view that the appeal to the fifth commandment instead of to Chapter 31 of the Westminster Confession (which defines and limits the powers of synods and councils) was incorrect.
It was probably the most politically incorrect remark that's ever been made in my hearing.
It seems that Valvasor made the logical (but incorrect) assumption that Lintvern (which is a garbled form of the German word Lindwurm, meaning dragon) was so named because it was the source of olms (which were fancifully regarded as dragon larvae at the time). Archive 2006-03-01
The author declares with aplomb that etymologically speaking the word is entirely incorrect.
Forgive me if my linguistic assumption is incorrect, but the word creed comes from the Latin "credo" or some form of the word. Archive 2006-01-01
NOT ISLAM .. portraying incorrect concepts of Islam and Jihad. WN.com - Photown News
Answer (D) is incorrect because audit program tend to be evolutionary. An auditor rarely anticipates every circumstance or condition that will be encountered during the audit.
There are those who would (incorrectly) argue that such a right is not compatible with Judaism.
Patti noted that some of the information was incorrectly entered into the database, but that Abele later corrected the listing.
The thing is people do morally incorrect stuff all the time, heck we drive cars dumping pollution in the air irregardless of our neighbours, we talk behind other people's backs, we ignore homeless beggers, we cross the street disrupting traffic, heck even eating a fishburger is probably hurting someone else somewhere. Rant: Postmodernism and the Tabula Rasa
After practising with incorrect technique had caused him great pain, he focused on correct alignment and strict breath control. Times, Sunday Times
I read several times that there is no parking in Aix, which is incorrect. Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day
Edit: In a (rare) moment of self-doubt I looked up 'obviate' wondering if it's one of those words I've either misheard or used incorrectly. Archive 2007-08-01
Explainer, "Michelle Tsai incorrectly used the term syndesmosis as a synonym for" high ankle sprain. Slate Magazine
Especially something as trivial as incorrect dress (assuming it’s not something like forgetting to put your trousers on!); this is classic Army RSM behaviour for getting new rookies under the thumb; nitpick. on January 30, 2007 at 11: 37 am | Reply Teeth grinder from the South Memory Is The Guardian Of Everything « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
In particular, antipyretic treatment methods continue to be used incorrectly, thereby increasing the risk of toxicity.
This is incorrect and was added during the editing process. Times, Sunday Times
It is a place where people can afford to be politically incorrect. Times, Sunday Times
An article in the same issue named the artist incorrectly.
The name of Adel Bundouq, who leads a militia that is allied with the National Transitional Council in Zuwara, Libya, was incorrectly given as Abdel Bundoud in a photo caption accompanying a World News article on Wednesday about Berber-Arab clashes in Western Libya. Corrections & Amplifications
I was actually reassured by this but six months later I was requested to resubmit my claim because my salary details were incorrect.
Many parents incorrectly believe that their child is too old for a booster seat.
In fact, many superstring theorists who could not get faculty jobs went to Wall Street (where they were incorrectly called "rocket scientists"). This may mean leaving the field.
Systems of thought that are fundamentally metaphysical in nature are not testable and can therefore never be proven incorrect.
There was one pedantic point that really annoyed me about this book: Arcturus is spelt incorrectly throughout, missing the first 'r'. May Books 19) Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
The various offshoots of Kantian philosophy are incorrectly regarded as developments of idealism; it is more accurate to describe them as "illusionism" or The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
They liked irreverence, taking the mickey, politically incorrect humour, mockery, satire.
Let me remove the word caste for it is politically incorrect etiquette and use the word traditional panchayats. India's Mob Justice
Oriental alabaster, the alabastrites of the classical writers, is a translucent marble (calcium carbonate) obtained from stalagmitic deposits; because of its usually banded structure, which gives it some resemblance to onyx, it is also called onyx marble, or simply, though incorrectly, onyx. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
If the equipment is wired incorrectly, operators using a device with a single-pole circuit breaker are at risk of electric shock when it trips.
I'v filled in this form incorrectly.Can I have another blank?
Our emphasis on biliary cholesterol saturation in the pathogenesis of recurrent stones, therefore, may have been incorrect.
Veteran jazzmen like Charles Lloyd are frequently described as "saxophonist-composer-bandleaders," but in Mr. Lloyd's case that order is incorrect. Freddie, Jacky, Charlie and the Doc
When you came to me and suggested that you should make two copies of everything, one correct, one a mass of incorrectness, I must admit that I thought the idea farfetched and unworkable. The Betrayal
Mix aluminium, lead, copper and steel components incorrectly and you will get rapid rusting.
Speculation that the company was retrenching part of its activities in Essex, especially at Dunton, has been dismissed as ‘totally incorrect and totally without any foundation’ by a spokesman at Warley.
Often these causes are things you may do before you actually swinging the club, like an incorrect grip and bad posture.
They are incorrectly grouted, there are gaps and a lot of joints filled with tile adhesive.
Mr Macarthur, of Riverside Road, had his ticket overturned on the grounds that the wording was incorrect.
Your Personal Unblocking Key is an eight-digit number used to unblock your phone if you enter your PIN number incorrectly three times.
It's incorrect to address people by their first names at these formal events.
I hate when I apostrophize words incorrectly and there is no edit feature.
In mitigation, overcharging customers due to an incorrect computer input is not a hanging offence.
We were alerted this week to the fact that we hold incorrect opinions and deploy faulty logic.
Warning stickers were placed on the bins that had incorrect or unsuitable material in them.
Single bases in DNA can be chemically mutated, for example by deamination or alkylation, resulting in incorrect base-pairing, and consequently, mutations in the DNA. Another Protozoan and Front-Loading
Using the price as a basis for economically recoverable reserves, some oil companies developed a price-reserves relationship that incorrectly led to increased estimates of oil reserves.
Okay, I don't call the inclusion of four incorrect lines of type a "misprint," I call it an "editorial mistake," but I was disappointed - because, for once, I had a question. Archive 2009-04-01
Epipleural: the deflexed or inflexed portions of the elytra, immediately beneath the edge: the inflexed portions of the pronotum are sometimes called prothoracic epipleura: as generally used, the term is incorrectly applied to the entire bent under margin of the elytra. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Mix aluminium, lead, copper and steel components incorrectly and you will get rapid rusting.
The strictest grammarians would probably dismiss 'stadia' as being incorrect and say that 'stadiums' should be used. Viewing Sports Stadiums on Google Maps
He was said to have been a pupil of van Eyck, e.g. by Vasari and other writers, but the researches of Weale in Flemish documents proved this incorrect, and showed that Campin was Rogier's master. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner
And if people consistently misidentify you as a man, woman, female impersonator or some other incorrect label, you sometimes want to remind them who you are.
However, that is just my gut reaction, I have no definitive grounds to rule you grammatically incorrect.
It is also incorrect to say we alerted police while putting out advance publicity for the film. Times, Sunday Times
There's no surer way for a writer to make herself look stupid than to employ a highfalutin phrase incorrectly.
In this article, you incorrectly mislabeled Milton Friedman as an "arch-conservative" when Friedman is actually a libertarian.
The critique is somewhat accurate, but I think that it is aimed incorrectly.
The researchers point out that there are three general factors that play a primary role in the risk of suffering an injury: incorrect training techniques, unsuitable or damaged equipments and biomechanical and anthropometrical abnormalities. Medlogs - Recent stories
A dictionary helps one to distinguish correct and incorrect usages.
an incorrect transcription
-- When you provide sufficient and correct information to an IRS tax assistor and get an incorrect answer, we will cancel related penalties. Npr Improving Customer Service
If the decisions are incorrect or made for the wrong reasons, they can transform a pleasant and attractive area into a sprawling mass of houses which will be far worse than the original Salford overspill.
The only difference between individual German internees and Japanese internees is that Germans are still a politically incorrect ethnicity. Is That Legal?: Japanese Internment Gets A New Breath of Life in the Eastern District of New York
he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
It is politically incorrect to suppose otherwise. Times, Sunday Times
Stress, digestive and weight problems are often made worse by incorrect breathing, often no deeper than the chest. HABIT BUSTING: A 10-step plan that will change your life
I did notice the political incorrectness of that remark (and its inexactness) but overall it was a good article in my opinion and will be welcomed by LOndoners sick of perpetual fear Girls Like Pink ...Fact
He received the incorrectly addressed letters due to a clerical error.
A trial was coded as incorrect when the response did not correspond to the target word, while a spoil was coded either when the voice key was triggered by extraneous noise or when the voice key was not triggered by the participant's response.
Because of an incorrect personals advertisement, a Shanghai man identified as Ying recently had a difficult time with his wife.
Other staff members want to record the count as incorrect but not follow the established protocol for an incorrect count.
To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect.
The term Gothic used in its customary sense is quite incorrect, but is hallowed by tradition. I. The Great Hall. Book I
It would be false and incorrect to state in your book that I have not responded to your questions.
The book is often mistaken in its views and incorrect in the supposedly factual information it contains.
The phrase you use is just a stupid “incorrection”, a false meaning to explain a phrase whose real meaning isn’t literally obvious. Matthew Yglesias » For Democrats, Even a 2010 Win Will Feel Like a Loss
Improper unit location, lack of duct insulation, improper duct sealing, and incorrect refrigerant charge can greatly diminish efficiency
Unless the user is familiar with this rule and applies it correctly, events will be calendared incorrectly.
Indeed the book deliberately oversteps any fine lines of political correctness to ventilate the incorrectness of anger and cynicism, the voicing of nasty things that are felt and festering, but usually left unspoken.
Depending on how you define "red", that is just a direct observation. don provan: Science requires that all assumptions be identified. fifth monarchy man: Again incorrect, every person has thousands of assumptions many that are unexamined and many that are part of the subconscious. Alice In Wonderland official trailer
What happens when you dont use pull resistors is you get erratic or incorrect logic operation.
If they answer ‘incorrectly,’ they get drenched by the bucket of water suspended from a stepladder above them.
• A comment piece yesterday about the departure of Andy Gray from Sky Sports incorrectly stated that Richard Keys quizzed Jamie Redknapp about a woman called Louise, whom it labelled the footballer's "wife". Corrections and clarifications
If accepted by other researchers, incorrect information would prevail. Times, Sunday Times
Schools struggled with various technical glitches - from unsaved data to incorrect data showing rip in the system.
It is therefore incorrect to say the Department of Education underspent, because at present there is no weak expenditure on the part the department.
The article says a new deputy caught a chimo, took him to jail, filled out the paperwork incorrectly because the jail gave him the wrong bond info, so he set the bond too low and the guy is out now and there is no way to put him back before his hearing … so he could chimo again … Blogger News Network
Logically the correct answer to that question is “No,” but that contains an incorrect implication which “mu” doesnot. The Volokh Conspiracy » Interesting Libel Decision Arising from the Vaccine / Autism Debate
The real culprit that was slowing the line was a bar code scanner that was incorrectly hooked up… sort of.
Je suis sûre qu'il n'y a pas d'Américain âgé de plus de 20 ans qui n'ait jamais souri ou éclaté de rire en regardant un dessin représentant Maxine, cette femme politiquement incorrecte, qui dit ce qu'elle pense, manque de compassion et n'essaye pas de se rendre sympathique. Archive 2010-06-01
Just as the Jeremiahs incorrectly predicted blogging would be the death knell of professional journalists everywhere--heaven forbid--the same fatidic crew probably think the advent of the blogging phone means photojournalism is now also a moribund profession. Flint's Sony Ericsson Releases 'Blogging Phone'
You correctly point out that the Black Walnut has compound leaves but then incorrectly identify the leaflets as leaves, and call a tendril what is actually the rachis of the leaf. Eric peters
A combined journal entry added incorrectly.
Company directors have expressed concerns over being held responsible for putting their names to a statement that they believed to be true at the time of signing but which later turned out to be incorrect.
Limbaugh added Buckley would "chide" him with "a little note," when he "thought we were incorrect or whatever. He Knew He Was Right
Sometimes it is incorrectly assumed that listing patients' problems precludes inclusion of psychiatric diagnosis.
I know that smoking is considered oh so politically incorrect these days, but here’s a novel idea; in the finest traditions of freedom and democracy, why not have ’smoking’ and ‘non smoking’ bars, pubs, and restaurants? Watering Down Smoking Bans - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
Now, when the FM writes "political correctness", what it actually means is 'incorrectness'. Mayibuye Editorial
But I get a bit flustered, though, when it's implied that "hook and lateral" is incorrect. Your Right Hand Thief
Well, observant reader Karin alerted me to the fact that Christian displays are hardly politically incorrect in Hamtramck. 05/06/2004
They argued his claim was unsubstantiated and, even if true, had been calculated incorrectly.
Players were less keen, perhaps because their challenges often proved incorrect. Times, Sunday Times
Most incorrect or incoherent claims are easily refuted by experience or logic but religious concepts are different.
His version of what happened is incorrect.
The lists maintained by the county registrars are riddled with errors, including incorrect data, misspellings, numbers in fields which require names, etc.
A common sign of dyslexia is that the sequencing of letters when spelling words may be incorrect.
It is better to make a correct call than an incorrect one, obviously. Times, Sunday Times
A solicitor can give you disinterested advice. However, in speech it is sometimes used instead of uninterested, although this is thought to be incorrect.
Knowing how radio sets are typically organized we would be much more likely to conclude that the whole circuit was working incorrectly.
But in any case Muller's listing of incorrect facts seem to me to be just the sort of thing that one would likely get wrong on the basis of memory, anyway, and of the sort of natural misdating that historians are very familiar with. The Panzer and the Hitler Youth
It is a place where people can afford to be politically incorrect. Times, Sunday Times
Incorrect choice of words leads to ambiguity for the reader.
In addition, I suffered from vasovagal syncope, a fainting and seizure disorder caused by the heart sending incorrect signals from the brain to the vagus nerve and failing to pump enough blood through the body, “cured” by doctors surgically implanting a pacemaker when I was twenty-eight. The Autoimmune Epidemic
As a certain person once said to me after I pointed out to him that our pronounciation of the undotted daleth is plainly incorrect [as explained above]: 'Do you imagine that the Hidushe HaRim [a great Tora sage of the last century] did not read Shema properly?' Esser Agaroth
Instead, he is unafraid of being politically incorrect and frequently roars with laughter at the jokes of his fellow guests. Times, Sunday Times
Gardaí and fire service personnel at the scene said the Opel appeared to have veered accidentally to its incorrect side of the road at a blind bend where the collision occurred.
Incorrect signs and misplaced cones as part of restrictions put in place by Richmond upon Thames Council on rugby days led drivers to believe they couldn't park in Crown Road.
Instead, he is unafraid of being politically incorrect and frequently roars with laughter at the jokes of his fellow guests. Times, Sunday Times
Regional accents are still acceptable but there is to be a blitz on incorrect grammar.
How about the Chinese literally using what in essence is "slave labor" (a portion of the labor is convicted criminals, some of whom were convicted of political "incorrectness") in their larger manufacturing plants? Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
There are circumstances in which the incorrect diagnosis and inappropriate administration of a thrombolytic would be disastrous; for example, acute pericarditis.
I suggest he check his sources - common sense should make him realise his claim is totally incorrect.
You are right! japans claim on the islands is around 100 years old BUt you are incorrect on Koreas claim. When will they ever learn? » Japundit Blog
It is politically incorrect to suppose otherwise. Times, Sunday Times
More than a third incorrectly said it is dangerous to refreeze meat after it has been cooked. The Sun
He's inclined to put two and two together and make five ( = make an incorrect guess from what he sees , hears, etc. ).
He incorrectly told clients their cases had been settled, and paid one customer £4,500 of his own money to conceal his deceit.
You do not consider the 500 to be very generous, given that you were given incorrect and potentially dangerous information. Times, Sunday Times

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