wrongheaded

or wrong-head·ed

[ rawng-hed-id, rong- ]

/ ˈrɔŋˈhɛd ɪd, ˈrɒŋ- /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR wrongheaded ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.

Nearby words

wrongdoing, wronged, wrongful, wrongful death, wrongfully, wrongheaded, wrongheadedly, wrongly, wronskian, wrote, wrote the book on

Origin of wrongheaded

First recorded in 1725–35; wrong + headed

Related formswrong·head·ed·ly, adverbwrong·head·ed·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for wrong-headed

A spurious, wrong-headed idea that spreads virally and poisons public discourse.
A Lexical Life Raft for the Government Shutdown|Liesl Schillinger|October 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In its day, this piece must simply have seemed noncommital, or wrong-headed – or a weird attempt at melding Pop and Color Field.
By Pop Art, out of Color Field|Blake Gopnik|May 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This is why De Vany argues that the traditional paradigm of eat less, burn more is so wrong-headed.
New Evolution Diet: Eat Like a Caveman|Casey Schwartz|January 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
If a man is wrong-headed and wrong-purposed, it isn't easy for him to be fine, is it?
Carnac's Folly, Complete|Gilbert Parker

Oh, Barbs, Barbs, what a wrong-headed little darling you are!
The Penalty|Gouverneur Morris
They had been so unhappy, such muddlers, so wrong-headed, it seemed to her.
Night and Day|Virginia Woolf
And little Edala—she was wrong-headed on certain points, but still—what times they would have.
The White Hand and the Black|Bertram Mitford
What vexes me is, the wrong-headed, and not unfrequently the weak and ineffectual, way in which they set about it.
The Seven Curses of London|James Greenwood

British Dictionary definitions for wrong-headed

wrong-headed

adjective

constantly wrong in judgment

foolishly stubborn; obstinate

Derived Formswrong-headedly, adverbwrong-headedness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wrongheaded

or wrong-head·ed

adjective

RELATED CONTENT

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of wrongheaded

Examples from the Web for wrong-headed

British Dictionary definitions for wrong-headed

wrong-headed

adjective