wrong-headed

A form of wrongheaded — Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.

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Meanings

adjectivewrong-headed (comparative more wrong-headed, superlative most wrong-headed)

comparative more wrong-headed · superlative most wrong-headed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wrongheaded.

    There were knee-jerk demands from trade unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed.

    2022 March 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Drains, trains and Control”, in RAIL, number 953, page 3
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    Hardy was irritated for a moment, and then was filled with ruth for the poor wrong-headed youngster who was heaping up coals of fire for his own head.

    1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], “The Storm Rages”, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 1st, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC, page 258
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APA

wrong-headed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrong-headed

MLA

“wrong-headed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrong-headed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrong-headed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrong-headed.

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