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# wrongness

«wrongness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The quality of being morally wrong or unfair** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (wrongness; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of being morally wrong or unfair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/#m1)

2) The quality of being incorrect or not as it should be: «a feeling of wrongness». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics lessons: «the wrongness of stealing», asking why something is wrong. In stories: a feeling of wrongness tells the reader something bad is about to happen. Phrases: «the wrongness of», «a sense of wrongness».

### examples

- She understood the wrongness of what she had done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/#x1)
- There was a strange wrongness about the empty house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/#x2)
- We discussed the wrongness of cheating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/#x3)
- He felt a sense of wrongness when the dog didn't bark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/#x4)
- The wrongness of the answer was clear when we checked it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/#x5)

### note

Uncountable. A fairly rare word; often «how wrong something is» sounds more natural. Opposite: «rightness». Related: «wrong», «wrongly», «wrongdoing».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wrongness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrongness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.