Wrong-headed


wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
contemporary examples

by pop art, out of color field blake gopnik may 30, 2012
new evolution diet: eat like a caveman casey schwartz january 3, 2011
a lexical life raft for the government shutdown liesl schillinger october 15, 2013

historical examples

tales of my time, vol. ii (of 3) william pitt scargill
stories of georgia joel chandler harris
cab and caboose kirk munroe
jan and her job l. allen harker
the beauty and the bolshevist alice duer miller
alone marion harland
american men of action burton e. stevenson

adjective
constantly wrong in judgment
foolishly stubborn; obstinate

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