Way Off: Synonyms for "Wrong" : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

She had reopened the budget spreadsheet and put the monitor back to sleep, and when Elizabeth sat down again at her desk that afternoon, she would notice nothing amiss.

awry

Second, accompanied by a K.B.I. agent, Mrs. Helm had explored every room at River Valley Farm, toured the house in the expectation that she might notice something awry or absent, and she had.

base

“I am mean and I am cheap. Sometimes I am a coward and often times I’m selfish. I ain’t a beauty to look at. But I am not vile, shameful, base, or depraved!”

bent

I thought about how those weighty biology texts that I had used to press flowers or smooth bent photographs had served other purposes for her.

bogus

Using an exploit left by one of the programmers, I was now able to create a bogus admin account.

corrupt

I had heard from adults that this was a revolutionary war, a liberation of the people from corrupt government.

criminal

There are reports of physical abuse and criminal behavior.

crooked

“You don’t believe we will? That day will come. Mark my words. We’ll put all those crooked politicians where they belong—behind iron bars.”

culpable

Still, both of these young people were culpable and must look to themselves now, examine their souls, consider this a matter of conscience.

defective

But Ebright, reacting to rumors his father had heard, had come to suspect that Pocock was sending him second-rate or defective equipment in order to hobble Washington’s principal rival.

delinquent

Still, as a young man, Mr. Lipton, shied away from immediately pursuing a career in theater, having associated the arts with his delinquent father.
– The New York Times

despicable

“That,” she said quietly, “is despicable. Ask for his help, then double-cross him? And you wonder why goblins don’t like wizards, Ron?”

dishonest

But he seemed okay and I thought he had an honest face—which turned out to be right, except that I’m not sure what a dishonest face would look like.

dishonorable

“People will talk. It looks dishonorable, an unmarried young woman living here. It’s bad for my reputation. And hers. And yours, I might add.”

erroneous

The recruit receives little, or erroneous, information about what to expect, which tends to maintain his anxiety.

evil

She said I had to pray for that evil white man, pray every day for twenty-one days, asking God to forgive him and teach him right.

fallacious

The hospital called the suit “misleading and fallacious.”

faulty

“And speaking of hitherto unsuspected skills, Ronald,” said George, “what is this we hear from Ginny about you and a young lady called — unless our information is faulty — Lavender Brown?”

felonious

But may I ask what law it is that makes the act I have been guilty of so felonious as to deserve death?”

foul

Sheriff George W. Smith said several days ago after the happening that he was afraid of foul play.

illegal

He knew not to use credit cards when doing something illegal like kidnapping a dog.

illicit

He began to suspect that his friends might indeed be correct in believing that Holmes and Julia were engaged in an illicit affair.

illogical

“It is illogical to say he is a misfit just because he chooses to ride a different animal, provided he can carry out his cowboy duties.”

immoral

“You are well enough to leave. It would be immoral to turn a child out into the streets, so you will be taken to the orphan house.”

impolitic

Fortunately for the general situation, Kallner felt it impolitic to display his anger openly.

imprecise

I hate imprecise descriptions like lots, few, and hardly any.

improper

Baker decided it would be professionally improper to push his opposing view when he hadn't examined the wound.

inaccurate

All I knew about autopsies was what I had seen on reruns of “Quincy,” but somehow it never occurred to me that my information might be inaccurate because it came from a TV show.

inappropriate

She constantly called out neighbors on overgrown grass, inappropriate paint colors, and too bright Christmas lights.

indecorous

Julia, disgusted by their indecorous conversation, rose very soon, with a majestic mien, and desired to be conducted to her apartment.

inexact

Their intelligence about the organization was often inexact.

infelicitous

The copy editor for the series, our last line of defense against the stupid mistake or infelicitous phrase, was Joe Rogers.

iniquitous

We supported this iniquitous law against our will.

injudicious

Virtue is a judicious, and vice an injudicious, pursuit of pleasure.

invalid

The police force responded by declaring that the regulation banning them from forming a union was “invalid, unreasonable and contrary to the express law of Massachusetts.”

lawless

Our landlord, Mr. Kaminski, called boys like these “street Arabs,” lawless vagrants who travel in gangs, pickpockets and worse.

mistaken

For a moment I thought our fight was done, that Charlie was finished with me, but I was mistaken.

nefarious

But her nefarious plot to bore me to death failed again, because The Tempest was even better than The Merchant of Venice.

shady

A military court found that his greed for money and power had led to his involvement in shady deals.

sinful

I wondered why I did not tell her that all my skirts stopped well past my knees, that I did not own any trousers because it was sinful for a woman to wear trousers.

unbecoming

Now Florence’s mama hadn’t a particle of taste, and Amy suffered deeply at having to wear a red instead of a blue bonnet, unbecoming gowns, and fussy aprons that did not fit.

unethical

Then, in an experiment that would be considered highly unethical today, he allowed these mosquitoes to feed on healthy humans.

unfit

“This river runs through Regalia as well. Our cattle live off the plants, but they are unfit for humans to eat,” said Solovet.

unfounded

So his worries about loss of time when he had children were unfounded—he could be a scientist and a father at the same time.

unseemly

I am appalled by the extremely poor taste and unseemly behavior of your daughter and her friends.

unsuitable

The few modern Khoisan speakers survived mainly because of their isolation in areas of southern Africa unsuitable for Bantu farming.

unwarranted

His treatment, he later wrote to Hoover, had been “unjust, unfair and unwarranted.”

wicked

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.

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