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adjective correct

  • biassed — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.

verb correct

  • break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
  • depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
  • hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
  • ruinruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • weaken — to make weak or weaker.
  • worsen — Make or become worse.
  • blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
  • blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
  • coddle — To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much.
  • goof — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
  • indulge — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
  • mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
  • pamper — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • pet — a fit of peevishness, sulking, or bad mood.
  • spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
  • compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
  • forgive — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • laud — to praise; extol.
  • praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.

adj correct

  • inaccurate — not accurate; incorrect or untrue.
  • unsuitable — not suitable; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming.
  • incorrect — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
  • biased — If someone is biased, they prefer one group of people to another, and behave unfairly as a result. You can also say that a process or system is biased.
  • inexact — not exact; not strictly precise or accurate.
  • inappropriate — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
  • false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
  • imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
  • improper — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
  • invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
  • wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
  • flawed — characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
  • unfitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
  • unseemly — not seemly; not in keeping with established standards of taste or proper form; unbecoming or indecorous in appearance, speech, conduct, etc.: an unseemly act; unseemly behavior.
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