wrongheaded

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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

The suggestion the provision applies "could not be more wrongheaded," he added.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

Understanding the purposes of wrongful death law turns out to be crucial to seeing one of the reasons why the Alabama court’s decision is so wrongheaded.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2024

LaTourette wrote that the city “has repeatedly engaged in destructive and illegal conduct in the name of tourism and, supposedly, public safety. This is wrongheaded and it must stop.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

You don’t throw away a relationship that’s been going on since second grade over a sandwich, no matter how wrongheaded the other person is being.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman