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
Ultimately, the laws are based on a dystopia and wrongheaded assumption that Americans firearms for their self-defense.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Or were the Arabs in Palestine done in again and again by inflexible, wrongheaded, venal, and corrupt leadership?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Bowles said, made a wrongheaded decision to attend the inauguration of the incoming president of Ghana, ignoring pre-trip fire warnings.
—Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
Some people’s views, inevitably, will be shaped by wrongheaded ideas.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongheaded
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Prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery was the law in the rebellious states.—
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This wretched regime is doomed to be overthrown by the risen populace and rebellious youth.—
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Supernatural beliefs, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience have struck researchers as totally impervious to contrary evidence.—
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In India, over 2,000 years ago, Lyra was seen as a heavenly vulture, as contrary as that sounds.—
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As an adult, he was convicted of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury in 2018 and evading an officer with willful disregard for public safety in 2023.—
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Tran was convicted by a federal jury last September for fraudulent collection of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and his willful omission of consulting and rental income from his tax returns in 2020, 2021 and 2022.—
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Vice President Delcy Rodriguez initially was angry and defiant.—
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Venezuela’s interim leader, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, has alternated between taking a conciliatory approach towards Washington and striking a defiant tone.—
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These two ingredients mixed together creates a powerful mixture perfect for lifting stubborn stains off grout because of their high cleaning and brightening properties.—
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The vinegar cleaning method isn’t foolproof, and sometimes stubborn residue can remain on your microwave walls.—
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They’re made from heat-resistant cotton to protect your hands from burns with a textured silicone material on the inside that provides extra grip.—
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Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.—
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No one is being ordered to give up bread, meat or the occasional indulgence, just as no one should treat a diagram as a rigid prescription.—
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Their analyses relied on rigid formulas that ignore the dynamics of companies driven by invention, rapid scaling, and exponential growth.—
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Two men are targeted by the rebel army who overthrew the government of Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.—
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He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt.—
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“Wrongheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongheaded. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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