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incorrectly

ADVERB
mistakenly
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“Lack of Telstra Outage Costs Eases Concerns — Market Talk,” at 0058 GMT, incorrectly attributed the research to UBS instead of Citi.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Lives are being put at risk because of refuse fires sparked by people incorrectly binning their batteries and electrical goods in household waste, a union boss has warned.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Telomeres help keep chromosomes from deteriorating or being incorrectly identified by cells as broken pieces of DNA.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

When the rumor mills incorrectly assumed Page was playing Achilles, heads exploded.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

I could almost hear my dog saying that it was one thing to think incorrectly, but acting incorrectly was a completely different universe, and I hadn’t gone there with Julia Bishop.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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