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  1. wrong-headedadjective

    Persistently or stubbornly erroneous

    He's not just wrong, but wrong-headed about raising the kids.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrong-headed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrong-headed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of wrong-headed in a Sentence

  1. William Barber:

    When I hear that the administration has not had a town hall with them, that's wrong headed, these students are simply saying' Howard UniversityRead MoreThe student protesters want these dorms fully inspected and Howard UniversityRead MoreThe student protesters want them fully cleaned.'.

  2. Rob Berschinski:

    Secretary Pompeo's claim that a nonexistent' proliferation of rights' is leading to a' trivializing of core American values' is wrong-headed.

  3. John Kenneth Galbraith:

    There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

  4. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar:

    Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe caste because they are deeply religious.

  5. Anthony Seldon:

    Frightening impressionable undergraduates into believing that work alone is all-important is irresponsible, unkind and wrong-headed.


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