Miss Wrong
noun- So, even a woman who’s also unmarried, 33 maybe, who needs only one good divorce to really get started, considers me a bad risk. I can’t even find Miss Wrong.1978 November 29, Ed Butler, “In Search of Miss Wrong”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Typically, the patient who is always attracted to Mr. Wrong or Miss Wrong reports a series of romantic rejections while failing to see any pattern.1982 January 18, Georgia Dullea, “The Pattern of Picking the ‘Wrong’ Partner”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2013:
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- Plain Jane loved Mr. Right, but his interests were focused elsewhere, usually on Miss Wrong, […] And then, one day, after being used and abused by Miss Wrong, Mr. Right suddenly realized Miss Right had been there all along.1998 May 29, Lawrence Van Gelder, “‘Broadway Damage’: Mr. Right Finally Finds a True Love: Plain Dwayne”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2002:
- Whilst searching for Miss Right, enjoy yourself with the Misses Wrong.2001 March 27, S.T. Pickrell, “The Rules”, in alt.romance (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 Mar 2026:
- How am I to believe Gemma is Miss Right when there are millions upon millions of possible Miss Wrongs to check first?2011, Jon Richardson, “19.54: Fiesta time”, in It’s Not Me, It’s You!, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 87: