Synonym of barking up the wrong tree

Adjective

Wrong in one's opinion or judgment
mistaken wrong incorrect erroneous false inaccurate fallacious unfounded unsound faulty inappropriate inexact flawed out untrue off-beam off target off-target in error in the wrong off base off track off beam off the mark way off way off beam wrongly identified labouring under a misapprehension wide of mark wide of the mark barking up wrong tree misguided invalid imprecise off untruthful defective specious full of holes ill-conceived illogical spurious misleading abroad awry iffy unreliable counterfactual not exact not accurate askew way out without foundation misconstrued off-base erring phoney amiss off course wrong-headed dicey bogus dodgy phony distorted wide falsified all wet way off-beam on the wrong track errant misinformed cold unfitting indefinite impaired weak improper wrong number all off not thinking straight getting cold ill-considered irrational unreasoning unthinking imperfect unfaithful careless wild adrift misjudged misunderstood ill-thought-out doomed discrepant garbled not trustworthy way-out not true untrustworthy way-off not right doesn't wash misconceived sophistical erratic fluffed astray misfigured goofed mishandled miscalculated ungrounded not precise not working at fault out of line out of commission far nowhere near wide of the target lost roaming afield wandering straying gone off the right track vanished foul up unseemly not as it should be haywire out of order

Verb

Present participle for to commit a mistake or error
erring blundering mistaking miscalculating misjudging boobing slipping up fouling up goofing screwing up flubbing fluffing fumbling stumbling tripping getting something wrong going wrong making a blunder making a mistake misapprehending blowing blowing it bollixing boo-booing deviating fluffing something getting it wrong getting things wrong going astray goofing up lousing up messing up muffing nodding snafuing making a boo-boo blotting your copybook making a bloomer snarling up dropping the ball making a hash of something dropping a brick getting the wrong end of the stick making a mess of putting your foot in it

Nearby Words

barking up wrong tree bark lice bark louse barks barks at barks up the wrong tree barking spiders barking spider barkings barking mad barkingly barking deer

Antonym of barking up the wrong tree

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