wrong message

collocation in English

meaningsofwrongandmessage

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wrong
adjective
uk
/rɒŋ/us
/rɑːŋ/
not ...
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message
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmes.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈmes.ɪdʒ/
a short piece of information that you give to a person when you cannot speak to ...
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(Definition ofwrongandmessagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrong message

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It is true that at a social level we must be careful not to be sending thewrongmessage.
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This was totally unacceptable since it would 'send thewrongmessageto other socialist countries'.
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We must not send out thewrongmessage.
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It also sends out thewrongmessageto the world.
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This would be to send out thewrongmessageto industry.
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I would go further and say that the scheme gives entirely thewrongmessageto the business community.
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I believe that the measure will send thewrongmessage, for the following reason.
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If it was, it was thewrongmessage.
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That will send thewrongmessageto countries that are looking to us for help.
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Secondly, paying such compensation would send out thewrongmessageabout the public interest in the conservation of such sites.
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That situation clearly sends thewrongmessageand undermines any moral authority that retailers, schools and others may wish to instil.
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It would send thewrongmessageto those markets.
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Again, this order sends out thewrongmessageon that.
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Their proposal to put housing benefit out to competitive tendering is sending precisely thewrongmessage.
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To do so would send thewrongmessageto the country about our determination to fight drugs.
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It sends thewrongmessageto society, especially to the young, that some drugs are not harmful.
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My view is that, very often, we have sent thewrongmessage, aimed at the wrong age group.
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That would send out thewrongmessage, especially about tourism.
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Entirely thewrongmessageis sent out to tourists.
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