wrong-headed
Britishadjective
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constantly wrong in judgment
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foolishly stubborn; obstinate
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This explanation is so wrong-headed, yet so consistent with official Britain’s neuroses about data protection and process-following, that it may even be true.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
“The idea that you can discriminate against anybody is just wrong-headed and general Tennessee nonsense.”
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2024
To Goff, focusing on the fish’s behavior is not only wrong-headed but “horrific” because it leaves out what’s actually most important—what the fish actually feels.
From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2023
For his part, Riordan saw himself battling a recalcitrant bureaucracy and a dithering, wrong-headed City Council.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023
“Is that proper, do you think? Wouldn’t that make this into some kind of topsy-turvy, wrong-headed world if a king played music for a bug?”
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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