wrong-minded

A form of wrongminded — Mistaken; characterized by faulty reasoning.

Meanings

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

comparative more wrong-minded · superlative most wrong-minded

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wrongminded.

    People will become more and more wrong-minded. They will engage in more and more wrongdoing.

    2006, Yeshe Gyamtso, Nyima Tashi, →ISBN, page 73
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    The argument about difference is wrong-minded on several counts. First, Saussure's argument about difference is based on a methodological leap of faith that consists in using phonology as a model for all higher levels of analysis of language...

    1997, Allen Thiher, The Power of Tautology: The Roots of Literary Theory, →ISBN, page 110

Origin

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