googly wrong 'un bosie bosie ball | a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way |
wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
steal | a stolen base, an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch) |
tort civil wrong | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
wrong legal injury damage | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
wrong wrongfulness | that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law, he feels that you are in the wrong |
conscience scruples moral sense sense of right and wrong | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions |
Stael Madame de Stael Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-Holstein | French romantic writer (-) |
bargain buy steal | an advantageous purchase, she got a bargain at the auction, the stock was a real buy at that price |
steal | steal a base |
steal slip | move stealthily, The ship slipped away in the darkness |
slip away steal away sneak away sneak off sneak out | leave furtively and stealthily, The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard |
steal | take without the owner's consent, Someone stole my wallet on the train, This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation |
wrong | treat unjustly, do wrong to |
fail go wrong miscarry | be unsuccessful, Where do today's public schools fail?, The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably |
faulty incorrect wrong | characterized by errors, not agreeing with a model or not following established rules, he submitted a faulty report, an incorrect transcription, the wrong side of the road |
improper wrong | not appropriate for a purpose or occasion, said all the wrong things |
incorrect wrong | not correct, not in conformity with fact or truth, an incorrect calculation, the report in the paper is wrong, your information is wrong, the clock showed the wrong time, found themselves on the wrong road, based on the wrong assumptions |
wrong | based on or acting or judging in error, it is wrong to think that way |
amiss(p) awry(p) haywire wrong(p) | not functioning properly, something is amiss, has gone completely haywire, something is wrong with the engine |
ill-timed unseasonable untimely wrong | badly timed, an ill-timed intervention, you think my intrusion unseasonable, an untimely remark, it was the wrong moment for a joke |
wrong | used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward, socks worn wrong side out |
wrong incorrect | not in accord with established usage or procedure, the wrong medicine, the wrong way to shuck clams, it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts |
wrong | contrary to conscience or morality or law, it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor, cheating is wrong, it is wrong to lie |
wrong-side-out(p) inside-out(p) | with the inside surface on the outside |
incorrectly wrongly wrong | in an inaccurate manner, he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly, she guessed wrong |