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Wrong

adjective
1.
Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth.  Synonym: incorrect.  "The report in the paper is wrong" , "Your information is wrong" , "The clock showed the wrong time" , "Found themselves on the wrong road" , "Based on the wrong assumptions"
2.
Contrary to conscience or morality or law.  "Cheating is wrong" , "It is wrong to lie"
3.
Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion.  Synonym: improper.
4.
Not functioning properly.  Synonyms: amiss, awry, haywire.  "Has gone completely haywire" , "Something is wrong with the engine"
5.
Based on or acting or judging in error.
6.
Not in accord with established usage or procedure.  Synonym: incorrect.  "The wrong way to shuck clams" , "It is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts"
7.
Used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward.
8.
Badly timed.  Synonyms: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely.  "You think my intrusion unseasonable" , "An untimely remark" , "It was the wrong moment for a joke"
9.
Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules.  Synonyms: faulty, incorrect.  "An incorrect transcription" , "The wrong side of the road"
noun
1.
That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law.  Synonym: wrongfulness.
2.
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right.  Synonyms: damage, legal injury.
adverb
1.
In an inaccurate manner.  Synonyms: incorrectly, wrongly.  "She guessed wrong"
verb
1.
Treat unjustly; do wrong to.



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"Wrong" Quotes from Famous Books



... the wrong shop then, my bo," said Captain Snaggs; "ye'll find ye ain't free hyar, fur I'm boss aboard this air ship, an' want all hands to know it. Ye shipped ...
— The Island Treasure • John Conroy Hutcheson
... Tom Ross, "I kin. I shet my eyes, but I don't see like either Sol or Jim, 'cause both uv 'em see wrong. I see Henry, an' I see him plain. He's had a pow'ful tough time. He ain't threatenin' to bust with fat out uv no huntin' shirt, his cheeks ain't so full that they are fallin' down over his jaws. It's t'other way roun'; them cheeks ...
— The Scouts of the Valley • Joseph A. Altsheler
... of stuff, all silk, covered on the outside with a close, short, fine, soft shag; the wrong side being very strong and close. The principal number, and the best velvets, were made in France and Italy; others in Holland; they are now brought to great perfection in England. An inferior kind is made by mixing cotton with the silk. ...
— A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery • Benziger Brothers
... studies. He could not bear to see his sister caressing her children; there seemed to him harm in even saying that a woman was beautiful; the married state was a “kind of homicide or rather Deicide.” He thought it wrong that any one should find pleasure in attachment to him, for he “was not the final object of any being, and had not wherewith to satisfy any.” So jealous was he of any surprise of pleasure, of any thought of vanity or complacency in himself and his work, that he ...
— Pascal • John Tulloch
... Mr. Manston, you wrong me; don't suppose I wish to be overbearing, or anything of the kind; and you will allow me to say this much, at any rate, that I have become interested in your wife, as well as ...
— Desperate Remedies • Thomas Hardy


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