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unwrong

unwrong adjective: not wrong; at least partly right or acceptable.

Adjective

unwrong (comparative more unwrong, superlative most unwrong)

  1. (rare) Not wrong; at least partly right or acceptable.
    • Perhaps Francis Fukuyama was half-right, or a fraction right, or slightly unwrong, when he wrote his ridiculous book. History has ended. At least in these circles.2001, The Wire, numbers 203-208, page 62
    • Then I was trying to figure out what it was like to find some stability, and how to make choices. At first I didn't even know that I could pick, and I didn't know how to choose. I didn't understand wrong from unwrong. I just didn't know.2013, Viviann Plenge, In The Eye of a Dragonfly: The Story of Jan

Forms of unwrong

comparativemore unwrong
superlativemost unwrong

Origin of unwrong

From un- + wrong.

Questions about unwrong

What does unwrong mean?
Unwrong means not wrong; at least partly right or acceptable.
What part of speech is unwrong?
Unwrong is an adjective.

Words near unwrong in the dictionary

  1. unwritten
  2. unwritten rule
  3. unwritten rules
  4. unwrittenness
  5. unwroken
  6. unwrong
  7. unwronged
  8. unwrongful
  9. unwrote
  10. unwrought
  11. unwrung

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