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Meanings of wrongness in English

Catalan
incorrecció
Spanish
deshonestidad

The quality of not conforming to fact or truth.

incorrecció

Inappropriate conduct.

Synonyms
Examples for "inappropriateness"
Examples for "inappropriateness"
1
That is just the kind of inappropriateness which always annoys English people.
The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
2
It can also recognize the inappropriateness and ineffectiveness of their replay in adolescence.
I’m OK – You’re OK
3
Artistic inappropriateness is the closest I can come to describing what bothered me.
The Night of the Long Knives
4
She had seen from the first the inappropriateness, the impossibility, of the whole proposition.
Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life
5
The colleagues were content to warn Doktor Bryller of the inappropriateness of his behavior.
The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein
Usage of wrongness in English
1
However, I did add a note at the end indicating my wrongness.
Wired
2
Morning brought a fragile gray light and a slow sense of wrongness.
The river kings' road
3
A sense of wrongness overtook Jack, the last flicker of his magic.
Demon bound
4
But this sense of wrongness and self-deprecation began to bring back bitterness.
Oberheim (Voices): A Chronicle of War
5
A sense of wrongness that a whole world of people should die.
The Gods Themselves
6
It would be unfair, however, to focus merely on his wrongness.
The Guardian
7
The scene was peaceful enough, and yet, Clara felt a wrongness about it.
The grail king
8
For some reason I have an unaccountable sense of wrongness about the scene.
The Atrocity Archives
9
Yes, it's got wrongness in it, but it is also very, very funny.
The Guardian
10
Our universal sense of wrongness is but part of our passion for rightness.
Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
11
What had really struck me was the utter wrongness of it.
Shadowland
12
This belief in her ugliness, in her wrongness, had subdued her.
The Guardian
13
There was something profoundly disturbing about the statue, a deep and violent wrongness.
American Gods
14
The wrongness of it stopped Eddie cold at the back door.
Phoenix noir
15
That, coupled with the wrongness of her scent, made her prey.
Promise of the wolves: a novel
16
My stomach lurched and I was overcome by a pervasive sense of wrongness.
The dog said bow-wow
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Wrongness through the time
Wrongness across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common