wrong
adjective
not in accordance with what is morally right or good.
wrongness
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a word derived from
wrong.
Example Sentences
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At the end of the conversation, Dave still might think he was right, but he’d still respect you even if he thought you were wrong — as long as you could defend that wrongness.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
But one is constantly pulled up by the wrongness of the details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
He said he didn't want "normality" as he reimagined modern-day aristocrats for his second men's collection, adding that his designs included some "angst and a kind of wrongness, engulfing wrong taste".
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
The film’s greatest accomplishment is that pervasive feeling of wrongness, of danger, a vertiginous sense that there’s no safe haven left.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024
Vernesha's brother has made some statements, defending Tariq's character and decrying the general wrongness of how this whole thing went down.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
