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

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

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

It’s time once again for the 2023 acting hall of shame — the year’s most wrongheaded performances by talented people.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2023

In fact, the move to teach calculus in some high schools seems to me wrongheaded if it leads to the exclusion of the above topics in finite mathematics.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos