wrong-headed

See also: wrongheaded

English

Adjective

wrong-headed (comparative more wrong-headed, superlative most wrong-headed)

1. Alternative form of wrongheaded.
   • 1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], “The Storm Rages”, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 1st, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC, page 258:

     Hardy was irritated for a moment, and then was filled with ruth for the poor wrong-headed youngster who was heaping up coals of fire for his own head.

   • 2022 March 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Drains, trains and Control”, in RAIL, number 953, page 3:

     There were knee-jerk demands from trade unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed.

References

• “wrong-headed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.