wrongheaded
/ɹˈɔŋhˌɛdɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.
Example Sentences
- "He's not just wrong, but wrongheaded, about raising the kids."
- "Reputation—a mere barren reputation, that brings nothing with it, save a post obit bond on posterity—has lost its ancient value: and the panters after posthumous reputation are now closely confined to a few wrongheaded enthusiasts, […]"
- "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."
- "Our view is that discussions about whether the c#95;i should be treated as random variables or as parameters to be estimated are wrongheaded for microeconometric panel data applications."