abuse |
to use in an improper or incorrect manner; misuse. [2/7 definitions] |
assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. [1/2 definitions] |
badly |
in a poor or incorrect manner; not well; poorly. [1/4 definitions] |
cacography |
incorrect spelling. [1/2 definitions] |
catachresis |
the incorrect use of a word or words. [1/2 definitions] |
confound |
to refute or prove incorrect. [1/6 definitions] |
confute |
to refute or prove incorrect; disprove. |
dead letter |
a letter that the post office is unable to deliver or return, usu. because of an incorrect address or the lack of a return address. [1/2 definitions] |
erroneous |
containing or based on error; incorrect; mistaken. |
error |
the state of being incorrect, mistaken, or morally wrong (usu. prec. by "in"). [1/5 definitions] |
F4 |
abbreviation of "false," untrue or incorrect. |
fallacy |
the nature or quality of being incorrect or misleading in reasoning; erroneousness. [1/3 definitions] |
false |
untrue or incorrect. [1/7 definitions] |
full of beans |
erroneous; incorrect. [1/2 definitions] |
impropriety |
the character or state of being incorrect, unsuitable, or indecent. [1/2 definitions] |
invalid2 |
without rational basis; incorrect; false. [1/2 definitions] |
logomachy |
a debate or argument marked by the incorrect use of words. [1/3 definitions] |
misadvise |
to give incorrect advice to. |
miscount |
an incorrect count. [1/2 definitions] |
miscue |
in the theater, to give an incorrect stage cue to (an actor). [1/6 definitions] |
misdate |
to date incorrectly or assign an incorrect date to. [2 definitions] |