dead-wrong

English

Adjective

dead-wrong (not comparable)

1. (rare) Alternative form of dead wrong
   • 1986, Campaigns & Elections - Volume 7, page 20:

     Be careful how you deny a dead-wrong story that has yet to be published.

   • 2012, Dean Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven, →ISBN:

     Committing herself to the dead-wrong type of man, more than once, had led to her current circumstances, ...

   • 2015, Gloria H. Giroux, Voices of Angels: A Novel, →ISBN:

     You're jumping to conclusions, Gregory. Why don't you simply ask me instead of making dead-wrong conclusions?

Usage notes

Typically, this form is used only when preceding a noun (the dead-wrong thing) rather than as the object of a statement of being (the thing is dead-wrong).

Anagrams

• dog warden, downgrade