as in rebellious
having or showing opinions or ideas that are wrong
wrongheaded people I think he is taking a wrongheaded approach to dealing with the problem.
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Recent Examples of wrongheaded
Some people’s views, inevitably, will be shaped by wrongheaded ideas.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
After campaigning against them, Biden never removed the wrongheaded tariffs former President Donald Trump imposed on Chinese goods, and now the current president is going to up the ante.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
At one point, as an example of the wrongheaded mentality that leads to wars, Williams appropriately quotes the infamous British foreign minister Lord Palmerston to the effect that Britain has neither eternal friends nor enemies, but only interests.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
The major-questions doctrine is a wrongheaded legal theory.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
After campaigning against them, Biden never removed the wrongheaded tariffs former President Donald Trump imposed on Chinese goods, and now the current president is going to up the ante.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
At one point, as an example of the wrongheaded mentality that leads to wars, Williams appropriately quotes the infamous British foreign minister Lord Palmerston to the effect that Britain has neither eternal friends nor enemies, but only interests.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
The major-questions doctrine is a wrongheaded legal theory.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongheaded
Adjective
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There's just something so irresistible about the lace-up flat with its air of rebellious discipline.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
12 Oct. 2025
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Singer Kelis has always been rebellious and non-conforming.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Allow contrary viewpoints to be heard.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
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The current chaotic geopolitical landscape fuels contrary trends in the South Caucasus.—
Thomas de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In March 2024, Karen was arrested and charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The three, from Southern California, were arrested and booked into Mono County Jail on suspicion of willful discharge of a firearm in a grossly negligent manner, a felony.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kurt Caz, a white South African social-media star with millions of followers across platforms, first gained popularity through filming his defiant tours of dangerous neighborhoods in countries such as Venezuela and Kenya.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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In a defiant address to the nation on Monday night, Rajoelina said that he had been forced to move to a safe place because of threats to his life.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Uninhibited by the European commitments of their rivals following last season’s dreary eighth-place finish, Massimiliano Allegri has wasted no time moulding the Rossoneri into a stubborn outfit that sit within two points of the summit after a 0-0 draw at Juventus before the international break.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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That damaging psychic weight of insecurity and self-blame seeps into our society and politics, where polls show a stubborn and longtime trend of declining faith in a better future.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wilson said in any bacterial community there is already a significant portion that are either resistant to or are more tolerant of the presence of antibiotics.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The rules are public, verifiable, and tamper-resistant.—
Jan Liphardt,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His presence on the left was not a rigid change, but a fluid one with Zubimendi on the bench.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Researchers say the material can even be integrated with rigid robotic parts to create hybrid machines suited for complex, high-stress environments.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Since Gaddafi was removed from power and killed by rebel forces in 2011, Libya has found itself in turmoil — and its domestic football has mirrored its politics.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Less than a year after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali became a Nobel laureate in 2019, a brutal conflict erupted in Tigray, a northern regional state in Ethiopia, between Ethiopian federal military forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, a rebel group.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Wrongheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongheaded. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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