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The phrase "are the wrong size" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing items that do not fit or are not the appropriate dimensions for a specific purpose.
Example: "These shoes are the wrong size; I need a larger pair."
Alternatives: "are not the correct size" or "are the incorrect size."
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"Oh, his feet are the wrong size for his shoes," snarls the marketing droid.
Yet the tax collectors are still national, chasing these dazzling, ingenious corporate butterflies with nets that are the wrong size.
Many housing problems across the country are down to the fact that a lot of our homes are the wrong size.
Many traders operate goodwill policies, which will allow you to exchange goods which are not faulty, such as clothes which are the wrong size or purchases you do not like in the cold light of day.
In Hawaii today, "you get penalized much more harshly if you shoplift sunglasses from a store than if you take a bunch of fish that are the wrong size or kind," Dr. Kittinger said in an interview.
(The painting is historically inaccurate: the depicted flag is anachronistic, the boats are the wrong size and shape, and it is questionable whether Washington could have crossed the icy Delaware while standing in the manner depicted).
Similar(43)
"It's the wrong size.
But the beams were the wrong size.
Her photograph is "the wrong size", the man says.
The document was the wrong size; it was exactly the same size as the forged documents.
So if the current bill is the wrong size, it is probably not off by much.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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