wrong direction

collocation in English

meaningsofwronganddirection

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wrong
adjective
uk
/rɒŋ/us
/rɑːŋ/
not ...
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofwronganddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrong direction

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In each case, contagion coefficients were substantially smaller and often in thewrongdirection.
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Our claim, rather, is that many neuroscientists seem to be looking in thewrongdirectionfor an account of the brain-basis of consciousness.
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From a developmental perspective, however, the search for more variables and more sophisticated data modeling techniques may be grasps in thewrongdirection.
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The current is also flowing perversely in thewrongdirectionin the matter of popular culture.
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Incorrect application of the cup and pulling in thewrongdirectionare common causes of cup detachment.
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However, the sign on the latter variable was in thewrongdirection.
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If anything, it leads us in thewrongdirection.
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Possibly by assuming that viruses were, so to speak, a minute pocket edition of bacteria, one went in thewrongdirection.
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There was a 2-ms difference in thewrongdirection.
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They channel linguistic energies in thewrongdirection.
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Yet there does seem to be a widespread feeling, even among those in the field, that bioethics may be growing in thewrongdirection.
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Polymorphic loci with no dominance or with dominance in thewrongdirectionwill therefore contribute to additive genetic variance but not to inbreeding depression.
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If this argument is true, it would seem that strategic voting is simply a step in thewrongdirection.
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This points us in thewrongdirection, leaving out too much that matters rather than taking into account too much that does not.
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Similarly, an evocative title, even when it is meant to help, may send us in thewrongdirection.
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