dead wrong

dead wrong

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Etymology

From dead being used as an intensifier.

Adjective

dead wrong (not comparable)

  1. utterly wrong.
    • 1986, Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic, published 2022, page 130:
      He believed, against all experience, that the world was fundamentally understandable, and that if he could only equip himself with the right mental toolbox he could take the back off and see how it worked. He was, of course, dead wrong.

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