Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard or rule; inaccuracy.
  • noun That which is incorrect; an error.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being incorrect; lack of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The characteristic of being incorrect.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun lack of conformity to social expectations
  • noun the quality of not conforming to fact or truth

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incorrect +‎ -ness

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