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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If they handed out medals for wrongness, a U.S. government report 25 years ago would have won a spot on the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He said he didn't want "normality" in his reimagined aristocrats, adding that his designs included some "angst and a kind of wrongness, engulfing wrong taste".
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
“Artificial Angels” captures the pummelling wrongness of internet-assisted living in 2025.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
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
As soon as they stepped out the door, Aru was slammed with a sense of wrongness.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
