wrong direction
The opposite way
Wrong direction describes movement or orientation opposite to where one should be going.
Literally, it's a navigational error: We drove twenty miles before realizing we were heading in the wrong direction.
Figuratively, it suggests misguided effort or deteriorating conditions: The economy is moving in the wrong direction.
Often shortened to the wrong way.
- misrouteSend off course
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- fallacyError in reasoning
- lostnessCondition of being astray
disorientation · miscalculation · missed the mark · regret · misjudgment · bad call · backtracking · sidetrack · distraction · error · off course · off track · misnavigation · astray · led astray · deviation · going backwards · misconception
- navigation errorsmissed exit, off course, getting lost, disorientation, backtracking
- adjustment errorsovercorrection, miscalibration, overcompensation, misalignment, overtightening
wrong directionright track
on course · true bearing · true north · straight ahead · the way
wrong directionforward progress
Advancement toward an objective
on course · on track · homeward · straight ahead · making headway
wrong directionright track
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