Definition of Wrong

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Definition of Wrong

Wrong

imp. of Wring. Wrung.

Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.

Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.

Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.

Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.

Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.

In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.

That which is not right.

Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.

Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.

Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.

To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.

To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.

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Wrong Quotations

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
Albert Einstein

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Albert Einstein

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Thomas Jefferson

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
Thomas Jefferson

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
Thomas Jefferson

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
Thomas Jefferson

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
Wayne Dyer

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.
Barack Obama

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
Ronald Reagan

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.
Ronald Reagan

Wrong Translations

wrong in Afrikaans is onjuis, verkeerd
wrong in Dutch is onjuist, foutief, verkeerd
wrong in German is Unrecht
wrong in Italian is fasullo, inverso, non giusto, colpevole
wrong in Latin is nefas, iniuria
wrong in Norwegian is urett
wrong in Portuguese is erro
wrong in Spanish is falso, malo, mal, entuerto, impropio

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