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wrongheaded

[rawng-hed-id, rong-] / ˈrɔŋˈhɛd ɪd, ˈrɒŋ- /


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Lee also has made some wrongheaded and bold calls on crypto, such as a forecast that bitcoin could “easily get to $200,000” by the end of 2025, and top $1 million in a few years.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

This distinguishes it unfavorably from the traditional western, which, however reductive or politically wrongheaded, has always known how to keep an audience interested.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

It’s time once again for the 2023 acting hall of shame — the year’s most wrongheaded performances by talented people.

From Salon Dec. 29, 2023

There was also his disgust at recent fictionalized accounts of these horrors that he feels are wrongheaded to the importance of the subject.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2023

Grampa sounded so wrongheaded, I couldn’t believe it Maybe some of what Dad was always spouting about equality and the American dream had rubbed off on me.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe




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