wrong

adj 1: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an

incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is

wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed

the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road";

"based on the wrong assumptions" [syn: {incorrect}]

[ant: {correct}, {correct}]

2: contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for

the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is

wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" [ant: {right}]

3: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "unsuitable

attire for the office"; "said all the wrong things" [syn:

{unsuitable}, {improper}]

4: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone

completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order";

"what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something

is wrong with the engine" [syn: {amiss(p)}, {awry(p)}, {haywire},

{out of order(p)}, {the matter(p)}, {wrong(p)}]

5: not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement

was simply untrue"; "the facts as reported were wrong"

[syn: {untrue}]

6: based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to

think that way" [ant: {right}]

7: not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the

wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"

8: not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or

taste; undesirable; "incorrect behavior"; "she was seen in

all the wrong places"; "He thought it was wrong for her to

go out to work" [syn: {inappropriate}, {incorrect}]

9: used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face

inward; "socks worn wrong side out"

10: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my

intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was

the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill

timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {untimely}]

n 1: that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law;

"he feels that you are in the wrong" [syn: {wrongfulness}]

[ant: {right}, {right}]

2: a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a

legal right [syn: {legal injury}, {damage}]

adv : in an incorrect manner; "she guessed wrong" [syn: {incorrectly},

{wrongly}] [ant: {correctly}, {correctly}]

v : treat unjustly; do wrong to [ant: {right}]