wrongheaded

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Lee also has made some wrongheaded and bold calls on crypto, such as a forecast that bitcoin could “easily get to $200,000” by the end of 2025, and top $1 million in a few years.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

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

But those were nothing next to the most wrongheaded move in recent Emmys history: the penalizing charity counter.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025

Understanding the purposes of wrongful death law turns out to be crucial to seeing one of the reasons why the Alabama court’s decision is so wrongheaded.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2024

Grampa sounded so wrongheaded, I couldn’t believe it Maybe some of what Dad was always spouting about equality and the American dream had rubbed off on me.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe