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잘못

[ jalmot ]
「명사」 Noun
• fault; mistake; misstep

Something that one did not well or that one did unrighteously.

value & judgmentnegative
Type:
Native
Level:
Elementary

Synonyms

  • 부정
    –
    • 1
      unlawfulness; illegitimacy
    • 3
      indefiniteness; uncertainty
    • 6
      impurity; accident
  • 오류
    –fallacy; mistake; miscalculation; error

Antonyms

  • 잘
    –well; often; carefully; hard; prudently; fashionably
  • 참
    –truth

Adjective

  • 잘못
    –wrongly; incorrectly; improperly; inappropriately; thoughtlessly; recklessly; unfortunately; by bad luck

Related words

  • 잘
    –well; often; carefully; hard; prudently; fashionably

Derived words

  • 잘못하다
    –commit an error; blunder; misdo; do improperly; do amiss; fail; be unlucky
  • 잘잘못
    –right and wrong

Other meanings of the word 잘못

  • 2
    wrongly; incorrectly; improperly; inappropriately; thoughtlessly; recklessly; unfortunately; by bad luck (Adverb)

Neighboring words in the dictionary

잔치잔털잔학잔해잖아잘잘다잘리다잘못잘못하다잘생기다잘잘못잘하다잠잠결잠깐잠꼬대
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