wrongheaded

adjective

wrong·head·ed | \ ˈrȯŋ-ˈhe-dəd

Definition of wrongheaded

1 : stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles wrongheaded in his opinions

2 : marked by perversity : contrary to sound judgment wrongheaded advice

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a wrongheaded approach to dealing with the problem

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Your idea that no one should apologize for anything is wrongheaded. — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Overseas lover pressures woman for quick marriage," 17 June 2018 Ideas built on a wrongheaded understanding of heredity had devastating consequences. — Jennifer Raff, New York Times, "In an Age of Gene Editing and Surrogacy, What Does Heredity Mean?," 31 May 2018 Officials from the three trading partners – among Washington's closest allies for decades – have dismissed the idea that their shipments to American customers endanger the United States – and some prominent Republicans attacked it as wrongheaded. — Anchorage Daily News, "Mexico, Canada, Europe retaliate against Trump’s metal tariffs," 31 May 2018 Conservatives like to paint this as some kind of fascistic cultural hegemony that stifles speech, which is incredibly wrongheaded and shortsighted. — Bijan Stephen, GQ, "The Defiant Anthems of Chvrches," 21 May 2018 USA TODAY Sports Caster Semenya is a woman who is too much a man, according to new wrongheaded rules in track and field. — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, "Is this woman too much a man? Track’s powers that be think so," 8 May 2018 In both, Kanye is quietly insightful and brashly ignorant, as wrongheaded as his critics have said and more lucid than he's given credit for. — Joshua Rivera, GQ, "Kanye West Is Giving His Most Radical Performance Yet," 1 May 2018 Michelle Mbekani-Wiley, from the Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law, said this approach is wrongheaded and that police are unequipped to recognize or respond to mental health issues. — Washington Post, "Illinois plan: Replace armed school officers with therapists," 19 Apr. 2018 But Purcell apologized Tuesday on her blog, and many view her piece as more wrongheaded (and self-involved) than mean-spirited. — Nara Schoenbwerg, chicagotribune.com, "After 'Jewish Man’s Rebellion’ essay backlash, a look at the do's and don'ts of interfaith dating," 4 Apr. 2018

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