incorrectly

Example Sentences

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ET on June 1, incorrectly said the spike didn’t ease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The bad news: We often go about it incorrectly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

There were also three players who were incorrectly shown a second yellow card.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

When levels are too low, DNA can be copied incorrectly, leading to mutations that, over many years, may increase the risk of certain cancers, particularly colon cancer.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

But even more important for later anatomists was the fact that, where anatomical details did not appear in Vesalius’s illustrations, or were incorrectly shown, one could confidently say that he had made a mistake.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton