Wrong Thing
<jargon> A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalised; always emphasised in speech as if capitalised. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where "the good is the enemy of the best", the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing." [Jargon File] | ||||
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Wrong Thing
n. A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalized; always emphasized in speech as if capitalized. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where `the good is the enemy of the best', the merely good -- although good -- is nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing."
n. A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalized; always emphasized in speech as if capitalized. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where `the good is the enemy of the best', the merely good -- although good -- is nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing."
Wrong Thing Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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wrong thing
wrong thing
a design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. often capitalised; always emphasised in speech as if capitalised. the opposite of the right thing; more generally, anything that is not the right thing. in cases where "the good is the enemy of the best", the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the wrong thing. "in c, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. this is clearly the wrong thing."
wrong thing
a design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate. often capitalised; always emphasised in speech as if capitalised. the opposite of the right thing; more generally, anything that is not the right thing. in cases where "the good is the enemy of the best", the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the wrong thing. "in c, the default is for module-level declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module. this is clearly the wrong thing."
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