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"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, 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] (noun)
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]