wrong
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1.0
- adjective
- /rɔŋ/
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equivocado
- The letter was posted unsealed and sent to the wrong branch of the library.
- get it wrong
- right or wrong
- prove wrong
I don't buy it, but I might be wrong and maybe it's true.
- I don't buy it, but I might be wrong and maybe it's true.
- You did one thing wrong in the past.
- You've got to say I was wrong then and I'm right now.
- What are some mistakes that writers get wrong with world building?
- What if everything I'm doing is wrong, and how can I pivot?
- Where there are three wrong answers, I'm hot.
- And this guy, OOP, that's the wrong one lives there.
- It was best under AJ and free right or wrong, right.
- But I think saying you are wrong, everything is fine.
- And maybe I'm wrong, but that is just.
- So an idea can be the wrong idea to the wrong person.
Examples
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You did one thing wrong in the past.
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I think they sent me to the wrong place.
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What was government doing wrong that had to be made right?
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What I said to you before was wrong, Bob.
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I think it was wrong that he said what he said.
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I think that, uh, I gave you the wrong impression.
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When it came to picking the killer, you picked the wrong guy.
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If you ask me, you're going about this the wrong way.
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Perhaps there was nothing wrong with our desires if they led us to complementary destinations.
Academic text (2008) -
I think they sent me to the wrong place.
Synonyms
715
1.0
Not true or correct
266
3.4
Thinking something is true when it is not
228
1.4
A thing that has errors or does not follow rules
113
4.3
Not correct or exact, with mistakes
92
2.2
Not correct compared with the facts
41
6.7
Not correct because of a mistake
36
3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
Wrong or not true
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A way of looking at a situation that makes small details seem more important than the big picture
Compounds
7
3.8
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
- Specialized
1
8.1
An action or not doing something that harms another person and can lead to a lawsuit for money
How Correct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wrong comes from an old word that meant 'twisted' or 'bent', the same idea you see in wring ('to twist'). So think of an answer that is 'twisted' — it is not 'right' or correct.