be wrong
Hold mistaken belief
To be wrong is to be mistaken or incorrect about something: I was wrong about the time—the movie starts at eight, not seven.
It also means to act immorally or unfairly: You were wrong to treat her that way.
The phrase can express disagreement or correction: If you think I'm giving up, you're wrong.
- mistakenIncorrectly understood or believed
- off baseInaccurate or mistaken
- miscalculateCompute incorrectly
- errMake a mistake
- misjudgeEvaluate incorrectly
way off · make a mistake · wide of the mark · inaccurate · misread · misconstrue · jump to conclusions · blunder · incorrect · misthink · miscommunicate · fallacy · misinterpret · sin · misunderstand · transgress · mispredict · oversight
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