wrong thing

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wrong thing - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Wrong Thing
  
     <jargon> A design, action, or decision that is clearly
     incorrect or inappropriate.  Often capitalised; always
     emphasised in speech as if capitalised.  The opposite of the
     Right Thing; more generally, anything that is not the Right
     Thing.  In cases where "the good is the enemy of the best",
     the merely good - although good - is nevertheless the Wrong
     Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level declarations to
     be visible everywhere, rather than just within the module.
     This is clearly the Wrong Thing."
  
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wrong thing - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Wrong Thing
   n.
  
     A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or
     inappropriate. Often capitalized; always emphasized in speech as if
     capitalized. The opposite of the Right Thing; more generally,
     anything that is not the Right Thing. In cases where `the good is the
     enemy of the best', the merely good -- although good -- is
     nevertheless the Wrong Thing. "In C, the default is for module-level
     declarations to be visible everywhere, rather than just within the
     module. This is clearly the Wrong Thing."