wrong-headedly

wrong-head·ed (rông

d, r

adj.

Stubbornly defiant of what is right or reasonable; obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion.

wrong-headed·ly adv.

wrong-headed·ness n.

wrong-headed

adj

1. constantly wrong in judgment

2. foolishly stubborn; obstinate

wrong-headedly adv

wrong-headedness n

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wrong-headed

adjective

1. mistaken, wrong, false, incorrect, faulty, misguided, erroneous, off target, unsound, in error, fallacious I realise now that my thinking was wrong-headed and immature.

2. obstinate, dogged, contrary, stubborn, perverse, inflexible, wilful, intransigent, obdurate, self-willed, refractory, pig-headed, bull-headed, mulish, cross-grained, froward (archaic) The Government persists in its blind, wrong-headed approach to prisons and crime.

Translations

wrong-headed [ˈrɒŋˈhedɪd] ADJ [ideas, opinions, policies] → desatinado, desacertado; [person] → obcecado

wrong-headed

adj → querköpfig, verbohrt (→ about sth in etw acc or dat)

wrong-headed [ˌrɒŋˈhɛdɪd] adj (stubborn) → ostinato/a; (mistaken) → sbagliato/a

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have not just been benighted or wrong-headedly pious: they have betrayed the Gospel they claim to serve.

Old Song, Great Arrangement by HEINEGG, PETER / Cross Currents

6) In other words, absent a properly construed reasonable-cause exception, section 6662(e) will wrong-headedly penalize behavior that cannot be known to be culpable.

Comments on transfer pricing penalty under Section 6662(e) by Tax Executive

Many companies are now wrong-headedly focusing on IT cost cutting.

META Group's Metricnet.com Introduces Technology Leader Market Index; ... by Business Wire

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