Dictionary

wrongheaded en · ADJ

Etymology

From wrong + headed.

Meanings

1. Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.
   • Our view is that discussions about whether the c#95;i should be treated as random variables or as parameters to be estimated are wrongheaded for microeconometric panel data applications. 2010, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Econometric Analysis of Cross-Section and Panel Data, 2nd edition, page 286:
   • Hardy was irritated for a moment, and then was filled with ruth for the poor wrong-headed youngster who was heaping up coals of fire for his own head. 1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], “The Storm Rages”, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 1st, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC, page 258:
   • Reputation—a mere barren reputation, that brings nothing with it, save a post obit bond on posterity—has lost its ancient value: and the panters after posthumous reputation are now closely confined to a few wrongheaded enthusiasts, […] 1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 492:
   • He's not just wrong, but wrongheaded, about raising the kids.

Forms

Deriveds

wrongheadedness · wrongheadedly

Relateds

wronghearted