wrongheaded

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

In its day, this piece must simply have seemed noncommital, or wrong-headed – or a weird attempt at melding Pop and Color Field.

This is why De Vany argues that the traditional paradigm of eat less, burn more is so wrong-headed.

If a man is wrong-headed and wrong-purposed, it isn't easy for him to be fine, is it?