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in the wrong
adjective as in at fault
adjective as in culpable
adjective as in guilty
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- accusable
- caught
- censurable
- censured
- chargeable
- condemned
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- convictable
- criminal
- damned
- delinquent
- depraved
- doomed
- erring
- evil
- felonious
- hangdog
- impeached
- in error
- incriminated
- iniquitous
- judged
- licentious
- offending
- on one's head
- out of line
- proscribed
- regretful
- reprehensible
- rueful
- sentenced
- sheepish
- sinful
- wicked
Example Sentences
Universities UK, which represents 141 institutions, said bringing back grants was "the right idea – but this would be executing it in the wrong way".
“He’s in the wrong here and maybe looking for a payout,” reads a third comment with more than 1,600 likes.
But, like other forms of waste, it is often put in the wrong bin.
"This is why all of these students and myself are here today, to make sure my tax money is not going in the... wrong direction."
When I look at some of the goals they have conceded this season, including Phil Foden's opener for City at Etihad Stadium on Sunday, they are down to selection issues, and players being used in the wrong position, rather than the system itself.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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