incorrectly

Example Sentences

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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

In later posts on Thursday, the AI chatbot said it had "incorrectly named" Hill and it had made a "mistake in visual identification".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The bad news: We often go about it incorrectly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Her research started after she noticed that one fossil in the museum's collection appeared to have been incorrectly identified as another species, Tylosaurus proriger.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

And I laughed at him and said he used that word incorrectly.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan