What does wrong-headed mean?

wrong-headed

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Frequency: 4.49 in modern English

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"Hardy was irritated for a moment, and then was filled with ruth for the poor wrong-headed youngster who was heaping up coals of fire for his own head."
"There were knee-jerk demands from trade unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed."

more wrong-headed (comparative) most wrong-headed (superlative)

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