in the wrong

Meaning

Incorrect; in error.
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At fault, guilty.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

chargeable erring responsible guilty accountable culpable answerable peccant blamable blameworthy censurable condemnable reprovable at fault blameable
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Antonyms

untarnished in the right

Examples

Adding that she kept them hidden, she told the staff member that her nan thought she had picked them up from the tea bag isle – meaning someone had put them down in the wrong place or her nan had got mixed up. Source: Internet

A handler may execute the steps of procedures such as loading, firing and emptying in the wrong order or omit steps of the procedures. Source: Internet

Allen and Rei met during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" when Barry was coming back from the 30th century and arrived in the wrong universe. Source: Internet

“All the stars are aligned in the wrong place,” he said. Source: Internet

Another mistake I often see first-time interviewers make is asking the wrong types of questions or asking them in the wrong way. Source: Internet

A Red Funnel ferry crashed into a yacht and grounded because ‘the master became disorientated in the fog and inadvertently drove the ferry in the wrong direction.’ Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

in the wrong

Close letter words and terms

in the worst possible scenario in the worst scenario in the worst way in the wrong direction in the wrong hands in the wrong place at the wrong time