Definition of "wrongheaded"

Reputation—a mere barren reputation, that brings nothing with it, save a post obit bond on posterity—has lost its ancient value: and the panters after posthumous reputation are now closely confined to a few wrongheaded enthusiasts, […]

1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 492

Our view is that discussions about whether the c i {\displaystyle c_{i}} should be treated as random variables or as parameters to be estimated are wrongheaded for microeconometric panel data applications.

2010, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Econometric Analysis of Cross-Section and Panel Data, 2nd edition, page 286