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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

... found that in the 1910 elections the Liberal majorities were 13 and 11 respectively. Single-member constituencies do not therefore guarantee large majorities. It can with greater truth be said that they guarantee wrong majorities, for, as the following table shows, there is no constant relation between the size of the majority in votes and the size of ...

— Proportional Representation - A Study in Methods of Election • John H. Humphreys

... note wrong. Pressed me to bosom—keeps me a month." So much I read on her paper while the cabby dropped a grin from his perch. In my excitement I paid him profusely and in hers she suffered it; then as he drove away we started to walk about and talk. We had talked, heaven ...

— The Figure in the Carpet • Henry James

... Ephraim," said Psyekoff; "but for him, we would never have guessed. He was the first to guess that something was wrong. He comes to me this morning, and says: 'Why is the master so long getting up? He hasn't left his bedroom for a whole week!' The moment he said that, it was just as if someone had hit me with an axe. The thought flashed through my mind, 'We haven't had a sight ...

— Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes - Detective Stories • Various

... looking puzzled, 'that in the general buzz of tongues yesterday—which is fit to confuse anything with more brains than a mosquito—I heard various buzzings which seemed to have reference to him. Perhaps I was wrong. I did not mean to listen, but if a fly gets into your ear it is difficult not to know it. Was I right, or was ...

— Wych Hazel • Susan and Anna Warner

... simplicitate, libri duo. In gratiam omnium rusticitatem amantium conscripti," Francfort, 1549, 8vo. It was translated into English by "R. F.," a little before Dekker adapted it: "The schoole of slovenrie: or Cato turned wrong side outward ... to the use of all English Christendome," London, 1605, 4to. In the same category of works may be placed Erasmus's famous: "Moriae Encomium," Antwerp, 1512, 4to, translated by Sir ...

— The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare • J. J. Jusserand

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