Examples: he feels that you are in the wrong
Examples: an incorrect calculation 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
Examples: it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor cheating is wrong it is wrong to lie
Examples: said all the wrong things
Examples: something is amiss has gone completely haywire something is wrong with the engine
Examples: it is wrong to think that way
Examples: the wrong medicine the wrong way to shuck clams it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts
Examples: socks worn wrong side out
Examples: an ill-timed intervention you think my intrusion unseasonable an untimely remark it was the wrong moment for a joke
Examples: he submitted a faulty report an incorrect transcription
Examples: he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly she guessed wrong
wrong (English)└── wrong (Middle English (1100-1500)) └── wrang (Old English (ca. 450-1100)) └── rangr (Old Norse)
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