Reverse Dictionary: INCORRECT

ADJECTIVES
► ACYROLOGICAL incorrect in use of words → 1626 obs.
► ALL WET incorrect; wrong → 1920s Amer. sl.
► OFF BASE incorrect; inaccurate → 1947 US sl.
► OFF BEAM ► OFF THE BEAM ► WAY OFF BEAM wrong, wholly incorrect; out of touch with the situation → 1942 sl., orig. US
► OFF ONE’S EGGS straying; hence, wide of the mark, incorrect, inaccurate, mistaken, in error → 1792 Sc.
► UP THE POLE confused; incorrect → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WACKY incorrect, unreliable; eccentric → 1930s sl., orig. US

ADVERBS
► SINISTROUSLY in an erroneous manner; incorrectly, wrongly, perversely; awkwardly → 1581

PHRASES
► SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK there is a corrupt element underlying a situation; also, something is incorrect or unsatisfactory → 1603

VERBS
► BODGE to do something incorrectly, but so as to make it appear right; to do something or make something in a sloppy manner → Aust. sl.
► FLUB UP to do something incorrectly; to mess up a procedure → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLUFF to make an error; to do something incorrectly → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE THE WRONG BIG BY THE EAR to take an incorrect view; to arrive at the wrong conclusion, solution, etc.; to be mistaken → 1536