wrongheaded

[ rawng-hed-id, rong- ]

/ ˈrɔŋˈhɛd ɪd, ˈrɒŋ- /

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

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First recorded in 1725–35; wrong + headed

wrong·head·ed·ly, adverbwrong·head·ed·ness, noun

John Kael Weston remembers a man whose death he blames on our wrongheaded policies.
Iraq War, 10th Anniversary: The Last Grand Mufti|John Kael Weston|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But to see New York cave to the voices of fear, rather than of reason, is unprecedented, shameful, and wrongheaded.
Stop Moping! The Marathon Is Exactly What New York Needs Right Now|Jay Michaelson|November 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But it is wrongheaded to look at Sayles as just a filmmaker writing a book.
John Sayles Declares His Independence|Ben Crair|May 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This seems to me just as wrongheaded as the idea that Bush v. Gore was a “lawless” decision.
Was the Health-Care Ruling a Liberal Victory?|Paul Campos|December 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST

But that doesn't make their words any less hurtful or wrongheaded.
Limbaugh's Latest Shameful Outburst|Conor Friedersdorf|February 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
We can be wrongheaded and wronghearted, or the reverse, as we ourselves determine.
Character|Samuel Smiles
In the ante-room, in a bad light, hangs a characteristic likeness of poor, wrongheaded Barry.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
At last he called them "wrongheaded asses," flung himself into his boat, and made down the river to Jamestown.
Pioneers of the Old South|Mary Johnston
Only somehow it was a difficult point to make clear, if a person was so wrongheaded he couldn't see it for himself.
The Beauty and the Bolshevist|Alice Duer Miller
In fact, it would seem to be allowed within philosophical circles that Mill's works are often wrongheaded and unphilosophical.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various