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wrong-headed

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wrong⋅head⋅ed

  [rawng-hed-id, rong-]
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–adjective
wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
Also, wrong-headed.

Origin:
1725–35; wrong + headed

Related forms:
wrong⋅head⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
wrong⋅head⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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wrong-head·ed   (rông'hěd'ĭd, rŏng'-)
adj.  Stubbornly defiant of what is right or reasonable; obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion.
wrong'-head'ed·ly adv., wrong'-head'ed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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