Wrong Thing

Wrong Thing

(jargon)A design, action, or decision that is clearlyincorrect or inappropriate. Often capitalised; alwaysemphasised in speech as if capitalised. The opposite of theRight Thing; more generally, anything that is not the RightThing. In cases where "the good is the enemy of the best",the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the WrongThing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations tobe visible everywhere, rather than just within the module.This is clearly the Wrong Thing."