wrongheaded
or wrong-head·ed
adjective
Origin of wrongheaded
Related Words for wrongheaded
inimical, conflicting, antithetical, hostile, negative, adverse, contradictory, inconsistent, discordant, opposed, paradoxical, stubborn, fanatical, categorical, assertive, unequivocal, obstinate, arbitrary, intolerant, emphaticExamples from the Web for wrongheaded
Contemporary Examples of wrongheaded
John Kael Weston remembers a man whose death he blames on our wrongheaded policies.
But to see New York cave to the voices of fear, rather than of reason, is unprecedented, shameful, and wrongheaded.
But it is wrongheaded to look at Sayles as just a filmmaker writing a book.
This seems to me just as wrongheaded as the idea that Bush v. Gore was a “lawless” decision.
But that doesn't make their words any less hurtful or wrongheaded.
Historical Examples of wrongheaded
They might be silly, wrongheaded, unhappy; but naturally evil—no.
End of the TetherJoseph Conrad
We can be wrongheaded and wronghearted, or the reverse, as we ourselves determine.
CharacterSamuel Smiles
He is as positive and wrongheaded about this as he is about hunting.
Bracebridge HallWashington Irving
In the ante-room, in a bad light, hangs a characteristic likeness of poor, wrongheaded Barry.
Haunted LondonWalter Thornbury
In fact, it would seem to be allowed within philosophical circles that Mill's works are often wrongheaded and unphilosophical.