'in wrong format' is not correct and usable in written English.
You could use the phrase 'in an incorrect format' instead. For example: This document was sent to me in an incorrect format, so I'm unable to open it.
Vulture's Margaret Lyons says the show is trapped in the wrong format.
If a person enters an Internet search request in the wrong format, or lacks the manual dexterity to click onto precisely the desired spot, the mistake will be perpetuated by the machine.
In May, a series of letters reported on by The Wall Street Journal showed both sides fighting over issues such as Anthem's lawsuit against Express Scripts over the price of drugs, and Cigna's tendency to miss deadlines and submit paperwork in the wrong format to the Justice Department during its antitrust review process.
That very night, as everyone tried to work out what the hell had happened and there was a scramble to justify it all, there were wild theories, talk of documents sent in the wrong format, of emails not making it, documents going missing, signatory pages falling off and long silences.
The gift exchange was closely watched, the Wall Street Journal reports, "ever since the British press took high exception to the modest presents the Obamas gave Gordon Brown and wife on their visit to the White House last month: a box set of DVDs, allegedly in the wrong format, and a couple of models of Marine One for the Brown boys".
Responses that were considered implausible, or that were entered in the wrong format (e.g. multiple responses where only one was required, or free text responses to closed-response questions) were treated as missing.
This lecture/tribute show (repeated tonight but long ago sold out) may have been the wrong format in the wrong place.
We always had the wrong format.
Protesters are using the wrong format to get their message across and have misplaced their anger.
Possibly incomplete reference or wrong format.
Note that using the wrong format can make a big difference — January to November.
