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Answer for the clue "Wrong from the start? ", 12 letters:
original sin

Word definitions for original sin in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Original Sin (subtitled Music for Ballet Composed by John Lewis ) is an album by third stream composer John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label in 1961.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sin inherited by all descendants of Adam; "Adam and Even committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden" [ant: actual sin ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Christianity English) The state of sin, present in each human at birth, that is a direct result of Adam's disobedience to God.

Usage examples of original sin.

The baby is probably the child of incest or rape, so carries the burden of intensified Original Sin.

And behold, there was I received by the scourge of bodily sickness, and I was descending into hell burdened with all the sins that I had committed, both against Thee, myself, and others, many and grievous, over and above that bond of original sin whereby we all die in Adam.