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incorrectly

ADVERB
mistakenly
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We don’t need to be pandered to with short-form content depicting people four times our age using our slang incorrectly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The government had been found to have "incorrectly withheld" the information on cost grounds.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The bad news: We often go about it incorrectly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated his pay rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Padre Leo emerges one night from his bedroom to say Mass. His flannel shirt is inside out and buttoned incorrectly.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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