wrongheaded
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This distinguishes it unfavorably from the traditional western, which, however reductive or politically wrongheaded, has always known how to keep an audience interested.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
So I had very definite feelings about it, and I thought it was wrongheaded and really somewhat shameful of the academy to do that.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
But those were nothing next to the most wrongheaded move in recent Emmys history: the penalizing charity counter.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025
In other words, Cannon’s precious thought experiment was not only wrongheaded; it was a dereliction of the court’s basic responsibility to rule on the parties’ motions.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024
You don’t throw away a relationship that’s been going on since second grade over a sandwich, no matter how wrongheaded the other person is being.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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