Mr Wrong

plural Mr Wrongs · plural Messrs Wrong

1. alternativeAlternative form of Mister Wrong.

   Pointers about Messrs Wrong / 1. Men who don’t appeal to you

   2007, J M Kearns, “Getting to Know Him […]”, in Why Mr Right Can’t Find You … and How to Make Sure He Does, London: Vermilion, →ISBN, page 229

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   Perhaps she was the perfect symbol for a girl in the process of growing up: the endless drama, life on the edge, the self-improvement, the search for Mr Right – and the Mr Wrongs.

   2012 August 6, Glenda Cooper, “How I finally outgrew my obsession with Marilyn Monroe”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2012

   Over the course of the film, Michal has various encounters with potential Mr Rights, nearly all of whom turn out to be Mr Wrongs.

   2016 December 14, Geoffrey Macnab, “Film reviews round-up: The Eagle Huntress, Through the Wall, Ballerina, The Son of Joseph”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2022

   Who’d be a mother? Seriously, I totally empathise with your concerns, but perhaps you’ve lost sight of your own youthful romantic excursions? Maybe you sailed through embryonic dating adventures and bumped into Mr Right long before you’d wasted too many nights on a bevy of Mr Wrongs?

   2021 January 10, Mariella Frostrup, “My daughter is at uni, but bad relationships are bringing her down”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2021