Applicable
Applicable adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: a knack for selecting the most applicable word
Wrong
Wrong adjective - Not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation.
Usage example: has a knack for saying just the wrong thing
Applicable is an antonym for wrong.
Both words in one sentence
- So they withdrew it, only to reintroduce it four years later as a "new hi-fi synthesiser" — a description almost hilariously wrong on all three counts, since "hi-fi" is not applicable to non-imitative sound generation, and it was a divider organ, not a synth.
Source: Older Than They Think / Other - It can also be construed as "not applicable", "framework unsuitable, refer to next level", "question or answer out of the boundaries of the system", "not even wrong", or countless other contrived paraphrases.
Source: When Is Purple
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Wrong and Applicable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/applicable/wrong
Applicable & Wrong. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/applicable/wrong>.
Wrong or Applicable. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/applicable/wrong.
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