wrong-headed

adjective

1. constantly wrong in judgment

2. foolishly stubborn; obstinate

Other Word Forms

• wrong-headedness noun
• wrong-headedly adverb

Example Sentences

So is the relentless persecution and demonization of internal dissent as not merely wrong-headed but profoundly evil, an attack by foreign conspirators against God, the Church, manhood, the glorious history of Spain and the natural order of things.

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“If anything, it just shows me how wrong-headed some individuals are about how much it takes,” Fehlbaum said, pointing to the mass of volunteers who used their own resources to print the pre-certification petitions, and then spent days collecting signatures and many hours scanning completed petitions, all on their own personal time.

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For plenty of Labour MPs this is wrong-headed, topsy turvy and an increasingly hard-to-defend approach to government.

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Saying something like "Enjoy!" here seems positively wrong-headed, but it's one hell of a list.

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Trump had positions on many issues, often ill-informed and wrong-headed.

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Related Words

• arbitrary 
• arrogant 
• assertive 
• categorical 
• emphatic 
• fanatical 
• intolerant 
• obstinate 
• stubborn 
• unequivocal