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(adj)
Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
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Incorrect or untrue.
Containing an error; inaccurate.
(with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.
Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
Deceptive or misleading.
(n)
(countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
(adv)
In an improper manner; not properly.
wrong or unjust
Misled or mistaken.
Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
Badly or wrongly conceived.
(uncountable) The property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
Something stated wrongly; a (usually unintentionally) incorrect statement.
Information that is incorrect, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
Not suitable.
Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
Not fair, just or right.
Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
Not fair.
Having one or more defects.
Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
Of low quality.
Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
Not sound, particularly:
Failed, not successful.
Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
unsuccessful
Having a flaw or imperfection.
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful.
Unsubstantiated, not based on fact or evidence.
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed.
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Not reliable.
Intending to harm; malevolent.
False; not true.
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
Differing from the norm.
Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
Free from error; true; accurate.
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
False, not authentic, not genuine.
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
Not real; false, fraudulent.
Fake or artificial.
(chiefly British) Alternative form of phony. [(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.]
(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
Invented; contrived.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
Suitable.
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
Not spelled correctly.
(chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
(v)
(transitive, intransitive) To calculate incorrectly.
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
(nonstandard or obsolete) Uncorrected; containing errors that an editor would correct.
(nonstandard) Synonym of erroneous.
(now rare) Improper, not suited for its use or application; inappropriate.
A county of Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China.
Obsolete spelling of wrong. [Incorrect or untrue.]
(UK dialectal, Scotland, especially law) Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.
(humorous, rare, nonstandard) Totally wrong.
Alternative form of wrongminded. [Mistaken; characterized by faulty reasoning.]
Mistaken; characterized by faulty reasoning.
Alternative form of wrongous. [(UK dialectal, Scotland, especially law) Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.]
Alternative spelling of wrongheaded. [Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.]
(telecommunications) Containing one or more errors; faulty.
Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
Somewhat wrong.
(rare) Alternative form of dead wrong. [utterly wrong.]
Wrongly or badly informed.
(colloquial, idiomatic) Wrong, broken; specifically:
Marked by wrong or wrong-doing; characteristically wrong in essence or manner.
Providing incorrect information; misleading.
Badly or wrongly positioned; in the wrong place.
(linguistics) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
Seeming or presented to be correct, but actually incorrect.
Wrongly oriented