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Answer for the clue "Trendy church's leader, silly rector is wrong ", 9 letters:
incorrect

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an incorrect/wrong diagnosis ▪ The doctors apparently made an incorrect diagnosis. politically incorrect ▪ politically incorrect jokes the correct/incorrect answer ▪ You get 5 points for each correct answer. COLLOCATIONS ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "uncorrected," from Latin incorrectus "uncorrected," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + correctus (see correct ). Sense of "not in good style" is from 1670s; that of "factually wrong, erroneous, inaccurate" is from 1610s (implied in incorrectly ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Not correct; erroneous or wrong. 2 faulty or defective. 3 inappropriate or improper.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" ...

Usage examples of incorrect.

HO caused him to calculate incorrect figures for the weight of hydrogen atoms relative to other elements.

Their first calculation showed that the missing watcher could have come down in the vicinity of Cochiti Pueblo, but that proved to be incorrect - or, if the Dirnan had landed there, the Indians were keeping it well concealed.

Elagabalus fled to the temple at Emesa is a wholly incorrect inference from his permanent residence there as hereditary high priest.

Being ignored or disappointed hurts more because it affirms the incorrect belief that she is unworthy.

As a private consultant, she is limited by the medicolegal information presented to her, and the absence of pertinent findingsor the presence of incorrect findingsis intolerable.

As these are all things which to a great extent can only be determined on conjectures some of which turn out incorrect, while a number of other arrangements pertaining to details cannot be made at all beforehand, it follows, as a matter of course, that Strategy must go with the Army to the field in order to arrange particulars on the spot, and to make the modifications in the general plan, which incessantly become necessary in War.

This was in contradistinction to the incorrect call for Gore while the polls were still open and that actually affected the voting.

It had been patterned after Politically Incorrect, but because Uproar was broadcast on cable, the show explored racier issues--and foul language was encouraged.

One of the latter came out from the shadow of his hanging rugs and embroideries as she passed, and, addressing her in a strange mixture of incorrect French and English, begged her to come in and examine his wares.

The religion of the many must necessarily be more incorrect than that of the refined and reflective few, not so much in its essence as in its forms, not so much in the spiritual idea which lies latent at the bottom of it, as in the symbols and dogmas in which that idea is embodied.

In time this road came to an end, and thenceforth it would be incorrect to say that the roads were bad, for, to tell the truth, there were no roads at all.

If his judgment concerning the young drakes was incorrect, then so might his judgment concerning any number of things.

These few remarks show how incorrect was the view taken by some early explorers of the guilds when they wanted to see the essence of the institution in its yearly festival.

FIVE that lead to no Conclusion at all: and, even when the Premisses ARE workable, for ONE instance, where the writer draws a correct Conclusion, there are probably TEN where he draws an incorrect one.

I told him that both suppositions were incorrect, but that Mariuccia was as handsome as an angel, and he agreed.