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What (who) is wrong - definition
ACT THAT IS ILLEGAL OR IMMORAL
Illegality; Wrongness; Miscreants; Wrong doing; Wrongdoer; Wrong doer; Wrong-doer; Wrong-doing; Wrongdoers; Wrong doers; Wrong-doers; Wrongful act; Wrongs; Legal wrong; Violation of laws; Violation of law; Legal wrongs; Wrong; Law violation; Legal violation; Violation of the law; Violations of the law; Wrongly; Misdeed
wrong
¦ adjective
1. not correct or true.
mistaken.
2. unjust, dishonest, or immoral.
3. in a bad or abnormal condition; amiss.
¦ adverb in an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction.
?with an incorrect result.
¦ noun an unjust, dishonest, or immoral action.
¦ verb act unjustly or dishonestly towards.
?mistakenly attribute bad motives to; misrepresent.
Phrases
get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick Brit. misunderstand something.
be in the wrong be responsible for a mistake or offence.
on the wrong side of
1. out of favour with (someone).
2. somewhat more than (a specified age).
Derivatives
wronger noun
wrongly adverb
wrongness noun
Origin
OE wrang, from ON rangr 'awry, unjust'; related to wring.
wrong
I
adj.
1) completely, dead (colloq.), totally wrong
2) wrong in (I was wrong in going there)
3) wrong to + inf. (it was wrong of them to gossip = they were wrong to gossip; I was wrong to disregard your advice; it is wrong to lie)
4) wrong with (what's wrong with her?)
5) (misc.) everything went wrong
II
adv. to go wrong
III
n.
1) to do (smb.) wrong
2) to redress, right, undo a wrong
3) a grievous; irreparable wrong
4) in the wrong (you were in the wrong)
5) (misc.) two wrongs do not make a right; to know right from wrong
wrong
(wrongs, wronging, wronged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you say there is something wrong, you mean there is something unsatisfactory about the situation, person, or thing you are talking about.
Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong...
Nobody seemed to notice anything wrong...
What's wrong with him?
? right
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n
2.
If you choose the wrong thing, person, or method, you make a mistake and do not choose the one that you really want.
He went to the wrong house...
The wrong man had been punished...
Could you have given them the wrong drug by mistake?...
There is no right or wrong way to do these exercises.
? right
ADJ: usu ADJ n
•
Wrong is also an adverb.
You've done it wrong...
I must have dialed wrong.
? right
ADV: ADV after v
3.
If something such as a decision, choice, or action is the wrong one, it is not the best or most suitable one.
I really made the wrong decision there...
The wrong choice of club might limit your chances of success...
We got married when I was 30 for all the wrong reasons.
? right
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
If something is wrong, it is incorrect and not in accordance with the facts.
How do you know that this explanation is wrong?...
20 per cent of the calculations are wrong.
...a clock which showed the wrong time...
Lots of people got the questions wrong.
? right
ADJ
•
Wrong is also an adverb.
I must have added it up wrong, then...
It looks like it's spelled wrong...
I can see exactly where he went wrong.
ADV: ADV after v
• wrongly
A child was wrongly diagnosed as having a bone tumour...
Civilians assume, wrongly, that everything in the military runs smoothly.
ADV: ADV with v
5.
If something is wrong or goes wrong with a machine or piece of equipment, it stops working properly.
We think there's something wrong with the computer...
Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ with n
6.
If you are wrong about something, what you say or think about it is not correct.
I was wrong about it being a casual meeting...
It would be wrong to assume that rich countries will always be able to insulate themselves with drugs against the ravages of new diseases...
I'm sure you've got it wrong. Kate isn't like that...
It's been very nice to prove them wrong.
? right
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n, ADJ in -ing, it v-link ADJ to-inf, ADJ to-inf
7.
If you think that someone was wrong to do something, you think that they should not have done it because it was bad or immoral.
She was wrong to leave her child alone...
We don't consider we did anything wrong.
? right
ADJ: ADJ to-inf
•
Wrong is also a noun.
...a man who believes that he has done no wrong.
N-UNCOUNT
8.
Wrong is used to refer to activities or actions that are considered to be morally bad and unacceptable.
Is it wrong to try to save the life of someone you love?...
They thought slavery was morally wrong...
The only thing I consider wrong is when you hurt someone...
There is nothing wrong with journalists commenting on the attractiveness of artists.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ to-inf/that
•
Wrong is also a noun.
Johnson didn't seem to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong.
? right
N-UNCOUNT
9.
A wrong is an unfair or immoral action.
I intend to right that wrong...
The insurance company should not be held liable for the wrongs of one of its agents.
N-COUNT
10.
If someone wrongs you, they treat you in an unfair way.
You have wronged my mother...
She felt she'd been wronged...
Those who have wronged must be ready to say: 'We have hurt you by this injustice.'
VERB: V n, V n, V
11.
You use wrong to describe something which is not thought to be socially acceptable or desirable.
If you went to the wrong school, you won't get the job...
ADJ: ADJ n
12.
If a situation goes wrong, it stops progressing in the way that you expected or intended, and becomes much worse.
It all went horribly wrong...
PHRASE: V inflects
13.
If someone who is involved in an argument or dispute has behaved in a way which is morally or legally wrong, you can say that they are in the wrong.
He didn't press charges because he was in the wrong...
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
14.
Wikipedia
Wrongdoing
A wrong (from Old English wrang – 'crooked') is an act that is illegal or immoral. Legal wrongs are usually quite clearly defined in the law of a state and/or jurisdiction. They can be divided into civil wrongs and crimes (or criminal offenses) in common law countries, while civil law countries tend to have some additional categories, such as contraventions.
Moral wrong is an underlying concept for legal wrong. Some moral wrongs are punishable by law, for example, rape or murder. Other moral wrongs have nothing to do with law, but are related to unethical behaviours. On the other hand, some legal wrongs, such as many types of parking offences, could hardly be classified as moral wrongs.
Examples of use of wrong
1. Wrong clothes, wrong car, wrong tastes, wrong everything.
2. One is to admit that you were wrong, wrong wrong.
3. "The wrong patients from the wrong age group were given the wrong treatment," he said.
4. I‘ve come back to prove everyone wrong, prove the school wrong, prove my family wrong.
5. I think this is the wrong decision for the wrong motives at the wrong time.