be wrong

Verb

Meaning

be wrong (third-person singular simple present is wrong, present participle being wrong, simple past was wrong, past participle been wrong)

To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)

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Examples

Although it is difficult to speak out against someone whose work we have so long admired, it would be wrong not to use our platforms to counteract the harm JK Rowling has caused. Source: Internet

Anderson said, however, that government would be wrong to allow Liverpool’s bars and pubs to stay open until Wednesday because the infection was spreading so fast in the city. Source: Internet

And I think that in an area where precedent continues to be pressed and litigated … it would actually be wrong and a violation of the canons for me to do that as a sitting judge." Source: Internet

An act can therefore not be wrong if the decision to act was based on a right motive. Source: Internet

Arguments against the classical theory Given that most later theories of concepts were born out of the rejection of some or all of the classical theory, it seems appropriate to give an account of what might be wrong with this theory. Source: Internet

And, you know, I’d love to be wrong.” Source: Internet

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