Incorrectness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lack of conformity to social expectations

the quality of not conforming to fact or truth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪŋkɚɹˈɛktnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪŋkəɹˈɛktnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪŋkəɹˈɛktnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪŋkɚɹˈɛktnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wrongness

Antonyms

correctness rightness

Word Forms

incorrect	adjective	not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
wrong	adjective	based on or acting or judging in error

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unrichtigkeit

mangelnde Konformität mit gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen

🇫🇷French

inexactitude

manque de conformité aux attentes sociales

🇪🇸Spanish

incorrección

Falta de conformidad con las expectativas sociales.

🇮🇹Italian

scorrettezza

mancanza di conformità alle aspettative sociali

🇳🇱Dutch

onjuistheid

gebrek aan conformiteit met sociale verwachtingen

🇵🇹Portuguese

incorreção

falta de conformidade com as expectativas sociais

🇷🇺Russian

неправильность

несоответствие социальным ожиданиям

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अशुद्धता

सामाजिक अपेक्षाओं के अनुरूपता का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

ভুল

সামাজিক প্রত্যাশার সাথে সামঞ্জস্যের অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

தவறான தன்மை

சமூக எதிர்பார்ப்புகளுக்கு இணங்காதது

🇮🇳Telugu

సరికానితనం

సామాజిక అంచనాలకు అనుగుణంగా లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अयोग्यता

सामाजिक अपेक्षांच्या अनुरूपतेचा अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

અયોગ્યતા

સામાજિક અપેક્ષાઓ સાથે સુસંગતતાનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿದೆ

ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅನುಗುಣವಾಗಿ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തെറ്റ്

സാമൂഹിക പ്രതീക്ഷകൾക്ക് അനുസൃതമായ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਲਤੀ

ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਉਮੀਦਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਕੂਲਤਾ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

غلطی

سماجی توقعات کے مطابق نہ ہونا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不正确性

不符合社会期望

🇯🇵Japanese

不正確さ

社会的期待への適合性の欠如

🇰🇷Korean

부정확함

사회적 기대에 부응하지 못함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự không đúng

thiếu sự phù hợp với mong đợi của xã hội

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่ถูกต้อง

ขาดความสอดคล้องกับความคาดหวังทางสังคม

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesalahan

kurangnya kesesuaian dengan harapan sosial

🇵🇭Filipino

kamalian

kakulangan ng pagsunod sa mga inaasahan sa lipunan

🇲🇾Malay

ketidaktepatan

kekurangan kepatuhan kepada jangkaan sosial

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عدم صحة

- عدم التوافق مع التوقعات الاجتماعية

🇮🇷Persian

نادرستی

عدم انطباق با انتظارات اجتماعی

🇹🇷Turkish

yanlışlık

toplumsal beklentilere uyum eksikliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

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