as in mistakenly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way
you incorrectly identified the part of speech of one of the words in the sentence
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Recent Examples of incorrectly
Well, even though air-drying clothes on a drying rack has many benefits (especially for the planet), experts agree that line-drying incorrectly can start a big mold problem within and behind your walls.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
The last major round of protests came in 2022, spurred by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the theocratic government's forces for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
An earlier story incorrectly stated her title.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Within about 30 minutes of the shooting, posts incorrectly claimed the shooter had been caught.
—Leah Willingham, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2026
Hurley shared a series of appeal letters for one service, in which the billing office acknowledged that blood work had been initially incorrectly coded as diagnostic.
—Zach Dyer, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Also in 2024, Antczak's county board campaign was cut short after he was removed from the ballot for incorrectly filing for candidacy on partisan nomination forms when the county seats are nonpartisan.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Jan. 2026
People incorrectly assumed others in their party held extreme views about wolves, and those assumptions in turn shaped their own attitudes toward the species.
—Justin Angle, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
This is a relief, as retinoids can easily damage the skin barrier if used incorrectly or too often.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorrectly
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The next day, in an email, Wynn appears to explain, blaming a dollar figure for teachers’ benefits that was mistakenly counted twice.—
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It is thought the United States was notified before its first use in late 2024, to ensure it was not mistakenly assessed to be a nuclear launch.—
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And huge doses of vitamin C (once erroneously thought to stave off colds) can stomach upset, diarrhoea and, in extreme cases, kidney stones.—
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That website erroneously shows the department spent $304,920.—
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For example, Apple briefly turned off an AI feature that rewrote push notifications from news apps inaccurately (it’s since been turned back on by default).—
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For example, pro-Trump chatbots inaccurately attributed job growth solely to his administration, overlooking economic continuity from the Obama era.—
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The passenger claimed Riley noticed the kids were watching, but continued to act inappropriately, at one point allegedly appearing to perform oral sex.—
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During the previous school year, the boy strangled and choked a teacher and pulled up a female classmate’s dress and touched her inappropriately on the school playground, the lawsuit claims.—
Cite this Entry
“Incorrectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incorrectly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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