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wrongheaded

or wrong-head·ed

[ rawng-hed-id, rong- ]

/ ˈrɔŋˈhɛd ɪd, ˈrɒŋ- /

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adjective

wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.

Origin of wrongheaded

First recorded in 1725–35; wrong + headed

OTHER WORDS FROM wrongheaded

wrong·head·ed·ly, adverb wrong·head·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby wrongheaded

wrongdoer, wrongdoing, wronged, wrongful, wrongful death, wrongheaded, wronskian, wrote, wrote the book on, wroth, wrought

Example sentences from the Web for wrong-headed

A spurious, wrong-headed idea that spreads virally and poisons public discourse.

A Lexical Life Raft for the Government Shutdown |Liesl Schillinger |October 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In its day, this piece must simply have seemed noncommital, or wrong-headed – or a weird attempt at melding Pop and Color Field.

By Pop Art, out of Color Field |Blake Gopnik |May 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This is why De Vany argues that the traditional paradigm of eat less, burn more is so wrong-headed.

New Evolution Diet: Eat Like a Caveman |Casey Schwartz |January 4, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
If a man is wrong-headed and wrong-purposed, it isn't easy for him to be fine, is it?

Carnac's Folly, Complete |Gilbert Parker

Oh, Barbs, Barbs, what a wrong-headed little darling you are!

The Penalty |Gouverneur Morris
They had been so unhappy, such muddlers, so wrong-headed, it seemed to her.

Night and Day |Virginia Woolf
And little Edala—she was wrong-headed on certain points, but still—what times they would have.

The White Hand and the Black |Bertram Mitford
What vexes me is, the wrong-headed, and not unfrequently the weak and ineffectual, way in which they set about it.

The Seven Curses of London |James Greenwood

British Dictionary definitions for wrong-headed

wrong-headed

adjective

constantly wrong in judgment

foolishly stubborn; obstinate

Derived forms of wrong-headed

wrong-headedly, adverb wrong-headedness, noun