wrongheaded

Or wrong-head·ed

[rawng-hed-id, rong-]

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• wrongheadedly adverb
• wrongheadedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrongheaded¹

First recorded in 1725–35; wrong + headed

Example Sentences

But those were nothing next to the most wrongheaded move in recent Emmys history: the penalizing charity counter.

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"It's also something that is completely wrongheaded for European states to try to impose in the middle of a war," he said, arguing that it would result in Israel being "less secure".

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"The idea that this is inherently good and makes the American economy strong is wrongheaded; it is untrue," Shapiro said.

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Yee said Proposition 36 is “wrongheaded,” and she planned to vote no, adding: “It is setting up false promises about how we want to deal with the issue of public safety in general.”

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But analysts from Goldman Sachs warn that it's Trump who would jeopardize an economic recovery with wrongheaded ideas on trade, immigration and other issues.

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Related Words

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• antithetical 
• conflicting 
• contradictory 
• discordant 
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• inconsistent 
• inimical 
• negative 
• opposed 
• paradoxical