being wrong
Having it backward
Being wrong is the state of holding a belief, making a judgment, or taking an action that doesn't accord with facts or good reasoning.
The phrase often carries emotional weight—admitting to being wrong requires humility, while accusing someone of being wrong can provoke defensiveness.
There's nothing shameful about being wrong; the problem is staying wrong.
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- my badInformal fault admission
- errorFault in communication
- human errorMistakes by people
- honest mistakeUnintended error without deception
blunder · missed the mark · incorrectness · oversight · fallacy · misconception · misjudgment · off base · ignorance · miscalculation · mea culpa · eating crow · failure · egg on face · rectify · learning experience · misunderstanding · inaccuracy
being wrongbeing right
State of accuracy
getting it right · doing the right thing · hitting the nail on the head · doing good · hitting the mark
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