wrong form
Not the right
Wrong form describes something expressed or executed incorrectly—using an improper format, structure, or method.
A tax return might be rejected for being submitted on the wrong form.
In grammar, using the wrong form of a word means choosing an incorrect tense, case, or conjugation: He should have said "whom," not "who"—it's the wrong form.
In athletics, wrong form refers to improper technique: Her back injury came from lifting with the wrong form.
- incorrectNot accurate or true
- wide of the markMissing the intended target
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- errorFault in communication
- off baseInaccurate or mistaken
missing the point · malformed · distorted · misshapen · botched · flawed · improper · warped · bent · crooked · twisted · out of whack · garbled · mangled · typo · misspelled · fill in the blank · corrupted
- medication errorsprescription error, overdose, underdose, missed dose, double dose
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- disqualifierdealbreaker, violation, cheating, false start, doping