WRONG END

Domain	Definition
Industry	A thread that differs in material, count, filament, twist, lustre, colour, or shade from the adjacent normal threads. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: WRONG END

Synonym by domain: wronging (industry).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Unskillfulness	Begin at the wrong end; do things by halves; (not complete); make two bites of a cherry; play at cross purposes; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; (caprice); put the cart before the horse; lock the stable door when the horse is stolen; (too late).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Rape is only painful if you're at the wrong end of it. (Roberta Loved; writing credit: Q. Allan Brocka)
Lyrics	He wound up on the wrong end of a gun. (Ramblin' Man; performing artist: Allman Brothers)
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Domain	Title
Books	Lead Poisoning: 25 True Stories from the Wrong End of a Gun (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	You're at the wrong end of the avenue!. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "WRONG END": begin at the wrong end ♦ get hold the wrong end of the stick ♦ get the wrong end of the stick ♦ start at the wrong end. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "WRONG END"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		vzít to ze špatného konce (start at the wrong end), špatnì nìco pochopit (get the wrong end of the stick). (various references)

Danish		garnforveksling (colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist), falsk tråd (colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist), falsk garn (colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist). (various references)

Dutch		verkeerde draad (colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist). (various references)

French		fil étranger. (various references)

German		Garnverwechslung (A thread that differs in material, colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist), falsches Garn (A thread that differs in material, colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist). (various references)

Greek		στημόνι αναμιγμένων παρτίδων (A thread that differs in material, colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist). (various references)

Hungarian		rosszul kezd vmit (to start at the wrong end), rosszul fog neki vminek (to start at the wrong end). (various references)

Italian		scambio di filo (A thread that differs in material, colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist). (various references)

Pig Latin		ongwray enday

Portuguese		fio de teia errado (A thread that differs in material, colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist). (various references)

Spanish		urdimbre mezclada (A thread that differs in material, colour, count, filament, lustre, mixed end, or shade from the adjacent normal threads., twist). (various references)

Turkish		yanlış anlamak (be at cross-purposes, get hold the wrong end of the stick, get it wrong, get the wrong sow by the ear, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand, take a word in the wrong sense, take amiss), tersi den başlamak (begin at the wrong end), ters anlamak (get hold the wrong end of the stick, get it wrong, give a wrench to, misunderstand, spell backward, take a word in the wrong sense, take amiss, wrench, wrest from meaning). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"WRONG END" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: frong end. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-n-n-o-r-w"
	-1 letter: wronged.
	-2 letters: downer, gowned, renown, wonder, wonned, wonner.
	-3 letters: donne, dower, drone, drown, endow, genro, goner, gored, grown, owned, owner, redon, rewon, rowed, rowen, wodge, wrong.
	-4 letters: doer, doge, done, dong, dore, down, dreg, drew, enow, ergo, goer, gone, gore, gowd, gown, grew, grow, neon, nerd, node, none, ogre, owed, redo, rend, rode, wend.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-n-n-o-r-w"
	+1 letter: downrange, wondering.
	+2 letters: decrowning, reendowing.
	+3 letters: overwinding.
	+5 letters: downrightness.
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WRONG END

Specialty Definition: WRONG END

Industry

Synonym: WRONG END

Synonyms within Context: WRONG END

Unskillfulness

Modern Usage: WRONG END

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Lyrics

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Books

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Anagrams: WRONG END

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