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in·cor·rect·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. falsely, incorrectlyadverb

    in an incorrect manner

    "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely"

  2. incorrectly, wrongly, wrongadverb

    in an inaccurate manner

    "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong"

Wiktionary

  1. incorrectlyadverb

    In an incorrect manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Incorrectlyadverb

    Inaccurately; not exactly.

    Etymology: from incorrect.

ChatGPT

  1. incorrectly

    "Incorrectly" is an adverb that refers to doing something in an erroneous, mistaken, or inaccurate way. It implies that the action, statement, or function deviates from what is correct, acceptable, or desired. It means the opposite of doing something correctly or properly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Incorrectlyadverb

    not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of incorrectly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of incorrectly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of incorrectly in a Sentence

  1. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald:

    While I was in Los Angeles, engaging a homeless individual to determine his Veteran status, I asked the man where he had served in the military. He responded that he had served in special forces. I incorrectly stated that I had been in special forces, that was inaccurate and I apologize to anyone that was offended by my misstatement.

  2. Former FEC commissioner Brad Smith:

    While some outlets have incorrectly reported that federal rules generally prohibit The PACs from providing more than $ 5,000 in services to campaigns, Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti told Fox News that the payments were likely proper so long as The PACs were for the fair market value of the services rendered. Job Creators Network CEO Ortiz on' Thanks for nothing, AOC !' billboard in New York City. In terms of possible penalties, Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti said that Ocasio-Cortezs campaign could be facing FEC fines if it followed bad legal advice and made reporting errors. But civil or even criminal fraud statutes, as opposed to campaign finance laws, would potentially kick in if it were determined that Saikat Chakrabarti had intentionally tried to hide the money to use for illicit expenses. Meanwhile, Former FEC commissioner Brad Smith told the Daily Caller News Foundations investigative unit that, because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apparently held legal control of Justice Democrats PACwhile Justice Democrats PAC was supporting Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti campaign, thetwo committees were likely acting as affiliated committees -- andtherefore share a single contribution limit of $ 2,700 that might have been exceeded. If this were determined to be knowing and willful, they could be facing jail time, even if its not knowing and willful, it would be a clear civil violation of the act, which would require disgorgement of the contributions and civil penalties. I think theyve got some real issues here. Mondays filingcomes on the heels of a separate complaint by theWashington, D.C.-based Coolidge Reagan Foundation, which alleged last week that theBrand New New York Democratic Congressional PACmay have illegally funneled thousands of dollars to Riley Roberts, Riley Roberts. It was firstreported late last month that Justice Democrats PAC paid Riley Roberts during the early days of the Ocasio-Cortez campaign.According to FEC records, Justice Democrats PAC made two payments to Roberts one in August 2017 and one in September 2017 both for $ 3,000. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The FEC complaint specifically cites the use of.

  3. De Haan:

    June 2018 you could find the national average at 2.96 a gallon, which is merely 11 cents lower than where we find ourselves today, jim Jordan's tweet, I would qualify, is lacking context and certainly in my opinion incorrectly assigns blame on President Biden economy.

  4. Guy Rosen:

    This is a bug in an anti-spam system, unrelated to any change in our content moderator workforce, we've restored all the posts that were incorrectly removed, which included posts on all topics - not just those related to COVID-19. This was an issue with an automated system that removes links to abusive websites, but incorrectly removed a lot of other posts too.

  5. Jim Incorvaia:

    It's a lot of liability, it's a lot of stress, and it could go south if done incorrectly.

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