wrong


wrong (http://definr.com/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]