uncorrect

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adjective

Uncorrected; containing errors that an editor would correct.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveuncorrect (comparative more uncorrect, superlative most uncorrect)

comparative more uncorrect · superlative most uncorrect

  1. nonstandardobsoleteUncorrected; containing errors that an editor would correct.
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    1740. Lewis Theobald, "Preface" in The Works of Shakespeare: […] , Second Edition, Vol. I. London: H. Lintott et al.. p. 24 f. Hence, many Pieces were taken down in Short-hand, and imperfectly copied by Ear, from a Repreſentation: Others were printed from piece-meal Parts ſurreptitiouſly obtain'd from the Theatres, uncorrect, and without the Poet's Knowledge.

  2. archaicnonstandardincorrect; wrong

    Pumpin' for somethin', some'll prosper, some fail Judges hangin' niggas, uncorrect bails for direct sails

    1994, Nas, “Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)”, in Illmatic

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