Superlative for acting or judging in error
“The information you have provided to the public is wrong and may have serious repercussions.”
Superlative for unjust, dishonest, or immoral
“Snow White's stepmother was wrong to try to deceive and kill her.”
Superlative for inappropriate for a given occasion or situation
“This is exactly the kind of response you get when you ask a wrong question.”
Superlative for being a problem or trouble
“Can anyone tell me what is wrong with that paragraph and why it is self-refuting?”
Superlative for defective in some way
“This steak just tastes wrong, as if the meat was stale when you cooked it.”
Superlative for denoting the side of a piece of cloth that faces inwards
“Lay the curtain out flat with the wrong side uppermost.”
Superlative for done in an incorrect manner or with an incorrect result
“He kept doing it wrong and I had to repeatedly correct him.”
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