Sekirov Dictionary

hypocorrect

adjective 1
verb 1
forms 5

adjective1

•
Not completely correct; nonstandard.
- They produce hypocorrect forms in an effort to speak nonstandard black English. — 1988

verb1

•
To undercorrect.
- The surgeon can hypocorrect on the operating table, knowing that in the postoperative period an additional correction will result because of:... — 1989

forms

hypocorrected · hypocorrecting · hypocorrects · more hypocorrect · most hypocorrect

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