unwrong

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ wrong.

Adjective

unwrong (comparative more unwrong, superlative most unwrong)

1. (very rare) Not wrong; at least partly right or acceptable.
   • 2001, The Wire, numbers 203-208, page 62:

     Perhaps Francis Fukuyama was half-right, or a fraction right, or slightly unwrong, when he wrote his ridiculous book. History has ended. At least in these circles.

   • 2013, Viviann Plenge, In The Eye of a Dragonfly: The Story of Jan:

     Then I was trying to figure out what it was like to find some stability, and how to make choices. At first I didn't even know that I could pick, and I didn't know how to choose. I didn't understand wrong from unwrong. I just didn't know.

Anagrams

• ungrown, wrong 'un, wrong'un