How to Use incorrect in a Sentence

incorrect

adjective

• The story in the newspaper is incorrect.
• The restaurant considers jeans and T-shirts incorrect attire for dinner.
• The doctor's diagnosis was incorrect.
• The post’s claim that the amount is double what the U.S. spent in the Afghanistan War is incorrect.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
• The price on the front page of the newspaper is incorrect.
  — Ajc Staff, ajc, 25 Nov. 2021
• The buzzer was heard since that number was incorrect and the price of the car increased to 50 cents.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
• So to say Palmer is one of these things more than the other would be incorrect.
  — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
• So the log will be incorrect; there’ll be errors in the storm data.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
• An incorrect consent form and the failure to put a mark on the correct body part led to the mistake.
  — Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
• Of course, this was incorrect and Joey ended up not winning the round.
  — Rebecca Norris, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2021
• Teachers have complained that some of the sounds for the letters are incorrect.
  — Stephanie Claytor, Parents, 20 Nov. 2023
• The catch: Their group shares the $1 million prize money, which shrinks with each incorrect guess.
  — Rendy Jones, EW.com, 13 July 2024
• Thursday’s Last Two Minute Report from the game said the play was an incorrect non-call.
  — Christian Clark, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
• Portland went 4 for 6 on the power play (the league’s graphic above is incorrect) and 4 for 4 on the penalty kill.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2022
• That proved to be an incorrect interpretation of the law, upheld all the way to the Supreme Court.
  — Karen Weaver, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
• Instead, Taneja asked a colleague to sign her name with the incorrect date as well.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
• Clerk Mike Brown, who sits on the board, said in his opinion the incorrect form was filled out properly.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
• On the same play, the NBA found two incorrect no-calls, one that benefitted each team.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2023
• The duo soon learn that the penalty for an incorrect answer is death: A man in a black mask, wielding a crossbow, kills Shawn.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• But at least in some cases that appeared to be incorrect.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
• So, the state likes to present it as … clown wig fibers, but that's factually incorrect.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2023
• That’s leading to long lines and incorrect pickup times on the mobile app.
  — Anne D’innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
• Then there's that name—and the incorrect suspicion that these dresses are just for kids.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2022
• That turned out incorrect when Nixon ran for president again in 1968 and won.
  — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
• The incorrect ballots are then spoiled and not counted.
  — María Méndez, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Oct. 2022
• Rumors the man lost a limb are incorrect, friends of the victim with Raw Surf posted on the business' Facebook page.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 July 2025
• TikTok said the claims of a breach discovered over the weekend were incorrect.
  — Jamie Tarabay, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022
• Not all notices are due to incorrect pay, the department said.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Once the guess is submitted, a red ‘X’ will appear if the answer is incorrect.
  — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2022
• Nunez-Vasquez's attorney, however, said that date is incorrect and her client has been in the U.S. since September 2022.
  — Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 2 July 2025