WRONG

(NOT SUITABLE) [adjective] [not gradable] - not suitable or desirable, or not as it should beShe's the wrong person for the job.I think we're going the wrong way.We must have taken a wrong turning.She married for all the wrong reasons.This is the wrong time to ask me about my travel plans - I'm far too busy to think about it.It's wrong that you always pay when we go out for a meal.What's wrong with spending Saturday night in the pub (= Why do you think it is not suitable)?The seating plan's all wrong - I wanted to sit next to Alex and James!I'm sorry, you've got the wrong number (= this is not the telephone number you wanted)."Who was on the phone?" "Oh, it was just a wrong number (= a telephone call connected to my phone unintentionally)."Compare right (SUITABLE).Wrong is also used to describe something that is not considered to be socially acceptable or desirable.They live on the wrong side of town.She got in with the wrong crowd (= a group of people who were not considered socially acceptable) at university.If you ask someone if there is something wrong, you want to know what is worrying or upsetting them.You've been quiet all evening. Is there anything wrong?What's wrong with you today? You've been in a dreadful mood all morning.If a situation or event goes wrong, it becomes unpleasant and is not a success.They started rowing on their honeymoon and their marriage began to go wrong from then on.If someone goes wrong, they make a lot of bad decisions.He found it was very easy to go wrong when he was young and inexperienced.See also go wrong at wrong (NOT CORRECT), wrong (NOT WORKING).The information got/fell into the wrong hands (= was obtained by people who would use it to harm others).If the government refuses to provide aid, it would send/give out (all) the wrong signals (= give an undesirable message about the government) to the rest of the world. [I]You've got your skirt on the wrong way (UK and ANZ) round/(US) around (= The part that should be at the front is at the back).(disapproving) Someone that is wrong-headed continues to have an unsuitable idea or follow an unsuitable course of action and often makes judgments which are not correct.He criticized the wrong-headed town planners of the 1960s who often thought of buildings before people.(disapproving) A plan or idea that is wrong-headed has not been considered or planned with enough care and is not suitable for the situation.He admitted that the party had followed policies which were now considered as wrong-headed.(saying) 'If anything can go wrong it will'.