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wrongheaded

[rawng-hed-id, rong-]

adjective

wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.

Also, wrong-head·ed.

Origin:
1725–35; wrong + headed

Related forms

wrong·head·ed·ly, adverb

wrong·head·ed·ness, noun

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wrongheaded
adjective
obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion; "a wrongheaded policy"

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