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dead-wrong

dead-wrong is the alternative form of dead wrong.

Meaning of dead wrong

Adjective

dead wrong (not comparable)

  1. Utterly wrong.
    • He believed, against all experience, that the world was fundamentally understandable, and that if he could only equip himself with the right mental toolbox he could take the back off and see how it worked. He was, of course, dead wrong.1986, Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic, published 2022, page 130

Questions about dead-wrong

What is dead-wrong the alternative form of?
Dead-wrong is the alternative form of dead wrong.

Words near dead-wrong in the dictionary

  1. dead-stroke hammer
  2. dead-stroke hammers
  3. dead-tree
  4. dead-tree edition
  5. dead-tree editions
  6. dead-wrong
  7. deadapt
  8. deadaptation
  9. deadaptations
  10. deadapted
  11. deadapting

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